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AdminForth
✓ verifiedFree
Open-source, agent-first admin-panel framework for Vue3/Node.js with auth, plugins and AI features to build back-office panels fast.
2.1K visits/mo
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Retool
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI-assisted low-code platform for building governed internal tools and workflows that connect directly to production data.
1.7K saves
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Magic Patterns
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI prototyping tool that generates UI matching your design system, letting product teams test features fast.
242K visits/mo3.8K saves
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ShipFast
✓ verifiedPaid
One-time-purchase Next.js boilerplate with auth, payments, and email pre-wired so indie developers can launch a SaaS in days.
86K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Free: $0/mo (up to 5 users, 500 workflow runs/month)
Team: $10/mo per builder + $5/mo per internal user (5,000 workflow runs/month)
Business: $50/mo per builder + $15/mo per internal user (audit logging, unlimited resource environments)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Starter: $199 one-time (regular $299)
All-in: $249 one-time (regular $349)
ShipFast + CodeFast bundle: $299 one-time (regular $648)
Core features
- ✦CRUD admin panel from a database URL
- ✦Vue3 components and Tailwind theming with dark mode
- ✦Auth plugins: OAuth2/SSO, TOTP/WebAuthn 2FA
- ✦Audit log, S3 upload and CSV import/export plugins
- ✦AI plugins for autocomplete, translation and bulk data
- ✦Custom pages, dashboards and background jobs
- ✦AI prompt-to-app builder for production-ready internal tools
- ✦MCP server for building apps from external AI coding agents
- ✦Import of apps built in other platforms via ZIP or GitHub sync
- ✦Direct, permission-governed connections to production data sources
- ✦Workflow automation and orchestration across systems
- ✦Mobile app support alongside web apps
- ✦Enterprise access controls, SSO and audit logging
- ✦Self-hosting option for regulated environments
- ✦AI UI generation from prompts
- ✦Match existing styling and design systems
- ✦Rapid, high-fidelity prototyping
- ✦Live team editing and sharing
- ✦Enterprise security and compliance
- ✦pre-configured Stripe/Lemon Squeezy payment integration
- ✦transactional email setup with DKIM/DMARC/SPF DNS records
- ✦Google OAuth and magic-link authentication
- ✦MongoDB or Supabase database integration
- ✦SEO and blog scaffolding out of the box
- ✦Discord community and public startup revenue leaderboard
Use cases
- →Developers building internal back-office tools
- →Adding an admin panel to an existing database
- →Creating AI/agent-assisted back-office workflows
- →Self-hosting a customizable admin UI
- →Engineering and ops teams building internal admin tools fast
- →IT centralizing governance over AI-generated business apps
- →Enterprises building embedded portals for external users
- →Teams automating multi-step operational workflows
- →Prototype new product features
- →Test designs with customers
- →Build design-system-consistent mockups
- →launching a SaaS or AI product without rebuilding common infrastructure
- →skipping repetitive auth, payment, and email setup work
- →building unlimited personal or client projects from one license
- →learning full-stack SaaS development via the bundled CodeFast course
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