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ShipFast
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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
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Pipedream
✓ verifiedFreemium
Low-code integration platform for connecting thousands of APIs into workflows and AI agents, including an MCP tool server.
498K visits/mo
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The New GitBook
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Documentation platform for publishing accurate, AI-ready docs sites, with Git sync and an MCP server for AI tools.
653K visits/mo2.9K saves
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Stately
✓ verifiedFreemium
Visual state-machine editor (built on XState) that lets teams design app logic as diagrams and export runnable JS/TS code.
71K visits/mo
Pricing
Starter: $199 one-time (regular $299)
All-in: $249 one-time (regular $349)
ShipFast + CodeFast bundle: $299 one-time (regular $648)
No public pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
No public pricing
Professional: $33/month (annual) or $39/month (monthly), 1,000 AI generations/month
Team: $167/month (annual) or $199/month (monthly), up to 10 members
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦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
- ✦Visual and code-based workflow builder
- ✦Prebuilt AI agent builder and deployment
- ✦Managed authentication across thousands of apps
- ✦MCP server exposing integrations as agent tools
- ✦Scheduled and event-triggered workflows
- ✦Connect SDK for embedding integrations into other products
- ✦Publish structured documentation sites
- ✦Git sync for docs-as-code workflows
- ✦AI setup agent to build and import docs
- ✦GitBook MCP server for AI access
- ✦Enterprise controls
- ✦Free tier to start
- ✦Design canvas integrated directly into the IDE (VSCode/Cursor)
- ✦Agent-driven MCP canvas based on open design format
- ✦AI Multiplayer for generating screens and flows in parallel
- ✦Design as Code: Design files live in repo, versioned with Git
- ✦Pixel-perfect vector-to-code workflow
- ✦Drag-and-drop visual state machine editor
- ✦Bidirectional code/diagram sync via XState
- ✦AI generation and modification of state machines
- ✦Auto-generated React app prototypes and tests
- ✦GitHub sync and Figma embedding
- ✦Live simulation and Stately Inspector for debugging
- ✦Version history and shareable diagrams
Use cases
- →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
- →Building AI agents that call external APIs and tools
- →Automating cross-app workflows such as Slack, Gmail, or Sheets notifications
- →Embedding third-party integrations into a SaaS product
- →Prototyping event-driven automations without heavy infrastructure
- →Publish product and API documentation
- →Maintain docs-as-code with Git sync
- →Make docs consumable by AI assistants
- →Import existing docs into a hosted site
- →Designing new products and features with pixel-perfect precision without leaving the development environment.
- →Eliminating design handoffs by having design and code live under one roof.
- →Accelerating workflow by using AI multiplayer to generate UI components and flows.
- →Shipping production-ready apps with guaranteed code-design alignment.
- →Integrating existing design systems directly from the codebase.
- →Frontend teams modeling complex UI flows
- →Backend teams documenting workflow logic
- →Teams wanting living, always-current documentation
- →Non-technical stakeholders reviewing app logic visually
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