Getting Started with FastSaaS Products

Learn how to set up your FastSaaS boilerplate and launch your first SaaS in minutes. Complete guide for SaaSForge, AIForge, and FullForge.

December 27, 2024
4 min read
By FastSaaS Team

Getting Started with FastSaaS Products

Welcome to FastSaaS! This guide will help you get started with your purchased boilerplate and launch your SaaS application quickly.

Choose Your Product Guide

We offer three products, each building on the previous:

| Product | Price | Best For | | --------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------ | | SaaSForge | $149 | Core SaaS features, payments, auth | | AIForge | $349 | AI-powered apps with LLM integration | | FullForge | $599 | Enterprise with admin dashboard |

👉 Click on your product above for the complete installation guide.


Quick Start (All Products)

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

  • Node.js 18+ installed (Download)
  • PostgreSQL database (or use Docker)
  • Git for version control
  • VS Code recommended

Step 1: Accept GitHub Invitation

After your purchase is confirmed, you'll receive:

  1. Email with GitHub repository invitation
  2. Click the link to accept the invitation
  3. You now have access to the private repository

Step 2: Clone the Repository

```bash

SaaSForge

git clone git@github.com:FastSaaSCloud/saasforge.git

AIForge

git clone git@github.com:FastSaaSCloud/aiforge.git

FullForge

git clone git@github.com:FastSaaSCloud/fullforge.git

Navigate to project

cd your-project-name ```

Step 3: Install Dependencies

```bash npm install

or

pnpm install ```

Step 4: Set Up Environment

```bash cp .env.example .env ```

Edit `.env` with your configuration:

```env DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/dbname" NEXTAUTH_SECRET="generate-secure-key-with-openssl" NEXTAUTH_URL="http://localhost:3000" ```

Step 5: Initialize Database

```bash npx prisma generate npx prisma migrate dev ```

Step 6: Start Development Server

```bash npm run dev ```

🎉 Your application is now running at http://localhost:3000


What's Included in Each Product

SaaSForge ($149)

Perfect for launching a traditional SaaS:

  • ✅ Authentication (Email, OAuth, 2FA)
  • ✅ PayPal & Stripe payments
  • ✅ Multi-tenancy with teams
  • ✅ Email system with queues
  • ✅ 6 landing page variants
  • ✅ Dashboard with analytics
  • ✅ Internationalization (i18n)
  • ✅ Blog & Documentation system

📖 Complete SaaSForge Guide

AIForge ($349)

Everything in SaaSForge PLUS AI features:

  • ✅ OpenAI GPT-4 integration
  • ✅ Anthropic Claude integration
  • ✅ Streaming AI responses
  • ✅ Vector database (Qdrant)
  • ✅ RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
  • ✅ Document upload & processing
  • ✅ Token tracking & cost management
  • ✅ Chat history & context

📖 Complete AIForge Guide

FullForge ($599)

Everything in AIForge PLUS enterprise features:

  • ✅ Dedicated Admin Dashboard
  • ✅ User management & impersonation
  • ✅ Organization oversight
  • ✅ Revenue analytics
  • ✅ Feature flags system
  • ✅ Audit logs
  • ✅ Email campaign manager
  • ✅ Support ticket system
  • ✅ Turborepo monorepo structure

📖 Complete FullForge Guide


Common Setup Tasks

Setting Up Authentication

Setting Up Payments

Setting Up AI Features (AIForge & FullForge)

Internationalization


Deployment Options

VPS Deployment (Recommended)

```bash git clone your-repo npm install --production npm run build pm2 start npm --name "your-app" -- start ```

📖 Detailed VPS Deployment Guide

Vercel Deployment

```bash npm install -g vercel vercel ```

Docker Deployment

```bash docker-compose up -d ```


Getting Help

Documentation

Community & Support

  • Discord: Join our Discord
  • Email: support@fastsaas.cloud
  • Response Time: Within 24 hours

Related Guides

Installation Guides

Feature Guides

Comparison


Quick Links

| Resource | Link | | ------------- | ---------------------- | | Products | /products | | Features | /features | | Documentation | /docs | | Blog | /blog | | Help Center | /help | | Health Status | /health |


Happy building! 🚀

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