A streamlined version of the Rails SaaS starter template, focused on frontend toolchain configuration
sjabloon-lite — Rails SaaS Template
By frankwrk
Sjabloon LITE is a streamlined version of the Rails SaaS starter template, preconfigured with Webpack, PostCSS, Tailwind, and Stimulus to quickly establish the frontend foundation for new Rails applications.
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Preconfigured integration of Webpack, PostCSS, Tailwind, and StimulusJS
Generate a new application via the Rails template command without manually setting up the frontend build
Under the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code
Features from the full Sjabloon such as authentication, billing, and dashboard are not included in LITE
Template Details
Sjabloon LITE is a streamlined version of the commercial SaaS kit Sjabloon, positioned as a Rails SaaS starter template. It does not include full SaaS business features; instead, it pre-integrates and organizes a modern frontend toolchain so developers do not have to configure Webpack, PostCSS, Tailwind, and StimulusJS themselves when starting a new project.
The repository description explicitly lists the frontend tools it configures: Webpack, PostCSS, Tailwind, and StimulusJS. The full version of Sjabloon also includes Devise authentication, Stripe billing, Tailwind UI components, a user dashboard, error pages, SMTP and analytics/support/error monitoring integrations, transactional emails, GDPR practices, and email nurture flows, none of which are within the scope of the LITE version.
Usage involves generating a new application via a Rails template: run the rails new command and specify template.rb, then enter the directory and start with foreman start. The repository was last updated in 2019 and is under the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code, but third-party assets and external services require separate verification of licensing and costs.
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Use Cases
- Starting a new Rails application with a ready-made Webpack + Tailwind + Stimulus frontend configuration
- Setting up a lightweight Rails project skeleton before beginning SaaS product development
- Using as a reference template for learning Rails integration with Tailwind and Stimulus
Suitable For
- Development projects using Rails that need modern frontend build tools
- Teams that want to start from a streamlined base and add authentication and billing features later
- Developers comfortable initializing projects via the Rails template command
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Use the rails new command and specify template.rb from the repository to generate a new application; the database example is PostgreSQL
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After generation, enter the project directory and start the application with foreman start
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The template was last updated in 2019; dependency and toolchain versions need to be verified against the current environment
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The MIT license covers only this version's code; third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license confirmation
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External services such as domain, hosting, database, and payment may incur additional costs
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version from the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope applies to this version's code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
Additional costs & items to verify
- The full version of Sjabloon is a commercial paid kit; this repository is only the streamlined LITE version, and features such as authentication, Stripe billing, UI components, dashboard, error pages, SMTP/analytics/support/error monitoring integrations, transactional emails, GDPR, and email nurture are not included in the free LITE version; these features require purchasing the full version separately.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
- External services such as domain, hosting, database, payment, or AI may incur additional charges.
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https://github.com/frankwrk/sjabloon-lite/blob/master/LICENSEhttps://github.com/frankwrk/sjabloon-lite/blob/master/README.mdSjabloon is a commercially available SaaS kit to focus on your core product right from the start.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 73 / 100
- Technologies
- Rails
- Website type
- SaaS · Starter
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- 2019-03-23
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Source file / repository# Sjabloon LITE _Sjabloon LITE_ is a basic and slimmed-down version of Sjabloon. A Rails SaaS starter kit to focus on your core product right from the start. _Sjabloon LITE_ provides you with a great starting point for your new Rails app with modern front-end tools: - [Webpack](https://github.com/webpack/webpack) - [PostCss](https://github.com/postcss/postcss) - [Tailwind](https://github.com/tailwindcss/tailwindcss) - [StimulusJS](https://github.com/stimulusjs/stimulus) It adds and configures all these tools for you, so it's well organised and ready for your next product. ## What is [Sjabloon](https://www.getsjabloon.com)? Sjabloon is a commercially available SaaS kit to focus on your core product right from the start. It comes with many features seen in almost every modern SaaS and web app. **You can customise Sjabloon to create a template that perfectly fits the needs for your new product**. In addition to the modern front-end tooling provided by _Sjabloon LITE_, it comes with: - Authentication with Devise, inc. setup, configuration, emails and design - Billing with Stripe - Beautiful UI components built with Tailwind - Fully designed user dashboard and set up - Custom error pages - Integrations with SMTP providers (Mailgun, Postmark etc.), analytic tools (Google Analytics, Clicky etc.), customer support (Intercom, Drift etc.) and error monitoring set up (Bugsnag, Sentry etc.) - Great looking transactional emails - GDPR best practices - Email drip campaign set up Learn more at [www.getsjabloon.com](https://www.getsjabloon.com) ## How to create a new app? ```bash rails new something_amazing -d postgresql --skip-sprockets -m https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eelcoj/sjabloon-lite/master/template.rb ``` ## How to run your new app ```bash cd into the new created directory and run `foreman start`. ```
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