Boring Database is a complete starter kit that helps you launch a niche data as a service business. It provides everything needed to create and sell access to curated lead directories.
Why Niche Directories?
Building a premium lead directory has unique advantages:
Lots of unique niches to explore
Easy to scale
Low maintenance
Inspired by 'The 100K Database Course' by @iamfra5er, this framework makes it easy to launch your own niche lead directory and start making sales quickly.
Key Components
Authentication with magic link and one-time-code login
Payment processing with Stripe for subscription and one-time payments
Email functionality with Resend
Data management with easy admin panel access
Powerful table features with search, sort and filter capabilities
Pre-made landing page components
The framework follows a simple 3-step process: Set up your database schema with Prisma ORM, choose your pricing model (subscription or one-time fee), and deploy with Fly.io.
The Remix SaaS Boilerplate with 25+ built-in features to build, market, and manage your B2B app.
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Tailwind CSS
PostgreSQL
SQLite
Stripe
Remix
Features:
Access Control
Admin
Analytics
API
Auth
Background Jobs
Blog
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Frequently Asked Questions
JavaScript
What makes JavaScript ideal for SaaS development?
JavaScript excels in SaaS development due to its robust ecosystem, strong typing capabilities, and excellent library support. JavaScript boilerplates leverage language-specific features to provide type-safe database queries, efficient API routing, and optimized runtime performance. The language's maturity means you get battle-tested packages for authentication, payment processing, and background jobs that integrate seamlessly.
TypeScript
What makes TypeScript ideal for SaaS development?
TypeScript excels in SaaS development due to its robust ecosystem, strong typing capabilities, and excellent library support. TypeScript boilerplates leverage language-specific features to provide type-safe database queries, efficient API routing, and optimized runtime performance. The language's maturity means you get battle-tested packages for authentication, payment processing, and background jobs that integrate seamlessly.
Remix
What Remix-specific architecture patterns are implemented?
Remix boilerplates leverage the framework's native architecture patterns including its routing system, middleware pipeline, and controller/handler structure. They implement Remix's conventions for separating concerns, dependency injection, and service layer patterns. The codebase follows Remix's best practices for organizing models, views/components, and business logic to ensure maintainability as your application grows.
Vite
What Vite-specific architecture patterns are implemented?
Vite boilerplates leverage the framework's native architecture patterns including its routing system, middleware pipeline, and controller/handler structure. They implement Vite's conventions for separating concerns, dependency injection, and service layer patterns. The codebase follows Vite's best practices for organizing models, views/components, and business logic to ensure maintainability as your application grows.
shadcn/ui
What shadcn/ui-specific component architecture is used?
shadcn/ui boilerplates follow the framework's component composition patterns with reusable, atomic design components. They implement shadcn/ui's best practices for component structure, props handling, event management, and lifecycle methods. The component library includes authentication flows, dashboards, data tables, forms with validation, and navigation—all built with shadcn/ui's native features like hooks (React), composition API (Vue), or directives (Angular).
TanStack Table
What TanStack Table-specific component architecture is used?
TanStack Table boilerplates follow the framework's component composition patterns with reusable, atomic design components. They implement TanStack Table's best practices for component structure, props handling, event management, and lifecycle methods. The component library includes authentication flows, dashboards, data tables, forms with validation, and navigation—all built with TanStack Table's native features like hooks (React), composition API (Vue), or directives (Angular).
Prisma
What Prisma-specific features are leveraged in these boilerplates?
Prisma boilerplates utilize the database's native capabilities including its transaction model (ACID for SQL, eventual consistency for NoSQL), indexing strategies (B-tree, GiST, full-text search), and advanced features like JSON columns, array types, window functions, or document queries. The schema design takes advantage of Prisma's strengths—whether that's PostgreSQL's JSONB, MySQL's full-text search, MongoDB's aggregation pipeline, or Redis's data structures.
SQLite
What SQLite-specific features are leveraged in these boilerplates?
SQLite boilerplates utilize the database's native capabilities including its transaction model (ACID for SQL, eventual consistency for NoSQL), indexing strategies (B-tree, GiST, full-text search), and advanced features like JSON columns, array types, window functions, or document queries. The schema design takes advantage of SQLite's strengths—whether that's PostgreSQL's JSONB, MySQL's full-text search, MongoDB's aggregation pipeline, or Redis's data structures.
Stripe
What Stripe API features are implemented?
Stripe boilerplates implement the provider's complete API suite including checkout sessions, subscription lifecycle management, customer portal, webhook event handling, and invoice generation. They use Stripe's latest API version with proper error handling, idempotency keys, and retry logic. The integration includes Stripe-specific features like payment intents, setup intents, subscription schedules, and tax calculation APIs.
JavaScript
What JavaScript-specific tools and libraries are included?
JavaScript boilerplates include the language's most popular and production-proven tools. This typically includes testing frameworks, linters, formatters, build tools, and package managers specific to JavaScript. You'll get pre-configured toolchains that enforce best practices, automated testing pipelines, and development environments optimized for JavaScript development workflows.
TypeScript
What TypeScript-specific tools and libraries are included?
TypeScript boilerplates include the language's most popular and production-proven tools. This typically includes testing frameworks, linters, formatters, build tools, and package managers specific to TypeScript. You'll get pre-configured toolchains that enforce best practices, automated testing pipelines, and development environments optimized for TypeScript development workflows.
Remix
How does Remix's ORM/database layer work in these boilerplates?
Remix boilerplates use the framework's native ORM or query builder (Prisma, Eloquent, Active Record, SQLAlchemy, etc.) with pre-configured models for users, subscriptions, teams, and common SaaS entities. They include optimized queries, relationships, migrations, seeders, and database connection pooling. The implementation leverages Remix's specific features like eager loading, query scopes, and transaction handling for performance.
Vite
How does Vite's ORM/database layer work in these boilerplates?
Vite boilerplates use the framework's native ORM or query builder (Prisma, Eloquent, Active Record, SQLAlchemy, etc.) with pre-configured models for users, subscriptions, teams, and common SaaS entities. They include optimized queries, relationships, migrations, seeders, and database connection pooling. The implementation leverages Vite's specific features like eager loading, query scopes, and transaction handling for performance.
shadcn/ui
How is state management handled in shadcn/ui boilerplates?
shadcn/ui boilerplates use the framework's recommended state management approach—whether that's React Context + hooks, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Pinia (Vue), NgRx (Angular), or Svelte stores. They include pre-configured state slices for authentication, user data, subscriptions, and UI state with proper TypeScript typing. The implementation follows shadcn/ui's patterns for global state, local component state, and server state synchronization.
TanStack Table
How is state management handled in TanStack Table boilerplates?
TanStack Table boilerplates use the framework's recommended state management approach—whether that's React Context + hooks, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Pinia (Vue), NgRx (Angular), or Svelte stores. They include pre-configured state slices for authentication, user data, subscriptions, and UI state with proper TypeScript typing. The implementation follows TanStack Table's patterns for global state, local component state, and server state synchronization.
