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An opinionated Rails or Laravel-style framework with auth, mail and payments built in, for Rust, Go or Node.

13asks, each re-read
13separate threads
7of 19 years
3since 2024
2012first asked

Asks per year

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What the askers want

  • Would pay0%
  • Want it local or private0%
  • Object to subscriptions0%
  • Want it open source or self-hosted15%
  • Want AI to do it0%

Share of the 13 asks that say so, as judged by Jev.

What exists on Show HN

Built, still asked for41 Show HN launches do this job, and 21 more do part of it. People still ask, so the launches are missed, unknown, or not what they want. Ask what they’re missing before you build.

Instead of: Rails, Django, Laravel, Next.js

The idea, as matched

A Rails/Django/Laravel-style web framework or starter kit with auth, mail, admin and payments built in, for a stack that lacks one, such as Rust, Go, Svelte or TypeScript.

Jev first matched 17 requests to this idea; a second reader kept 13 of 17.

Every ask, newest first

Each line is an AI paraphrase of what the writer wanted. The link goes to their own words on Hacker News.

Reader’s note. Rust and Node named most.

  1. Apr 2025Wants a Rails-like all-in-one web framework, but built in a speedier language. Read it: a comment in “The One-Person Framework in Practice”
  2. Feb 2025Wants a Django-like framework in Rust that avoids async and is simple to debug. Read it: a comment in “Show HN: Cot: a Rust web framework for lazy developers”
  3. Jan 2025Wants a Laravel-style layer for SvelteKit providing logins, hashing and mail with organized docs. Read it: a comment in “Svelte 5 and the Future of Frameworks: A Chat with Rich Harris”
  4. Oct 2023Wants a Rails-like backend framework with real static typing and inference, avoiding Rust and Java; asks for suggestions. Read it: a comment in “Rails 7.1 Released”
  5. Sep 2023Wants an opinionated all-in-one modern web framework covering auth, storage, jobs, admin and caching, like Rails. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: Why is there no modern replacement for Ruby on Rails?”
  6. Oct 2021Wants a SaaS starter kit written in Go. Read it: a comment in “What's the best SaaS starter kit?”
  7. Sep 2021Wants a widely vetted open source starter handling authentication and payments for each new project. Read it: a comment in “The ultimate SaaS template”
  8. Apr 2021Wants a Node.js equivalent of Laravel. Read it: a comment in “PHP in 2021”
  9. Oct 2020Wants a Laravel-like MVC framework for Rust with CLI scaffolding and organized structure. Read it: a comment in “Is Rust web yet?”
  10. May 2020Wants a Node.js version of an example B2B SaaS app codebase. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: How come there is no example code for B2B-SaaS apps?”
  11. Jul 2017Wants a mature Django alternative written in JavaScript. Read it: a comment in “Django vs. Flask”
  12. Jan 2016Wants a JavaScript framework with first-party mailers, strong params and JSON builders, as in Rails. Read it: a comment in “Show HN: Nodal. Next-Generation Node.js Server and Framework”
  13. Jun 2012Asks for an open source SaaS framework, preferably in Python, handling registration, subdomains, pricing and subscriptions. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: Is there an open source SAAS framework?”

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