went through BuildBase feature by feature against the actual codebase - not from memory, not from the marketing site. from the source.
found gaps in both directions.
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testnet running? let's see what they buildbase app is the future of everything
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this exists because i got tired of debugging customer issues across 5 dashboards on my own products.
every buildbase app gets this console view per workspace.
live demo: demo.buildbase.app
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A customer emails "why was i charged?"
normally that's 4 tabs: stripe, your database, your flags tool, your logs.
in the buildbase console it's one screen. here's the full workspace view ๐ (video below)
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Just launched BuildBase Discord! ๐
Community for developers building usage-based SaaS.
Connect with other founders, get SDK support, shape the roadmap, share wins.
Join: discord.com/invite/2hNAa86F
Let's ship fast. ๐ช
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Hey team! ๐ BuildBase Discord is live!
discord.gg/2hNAa86F
Start in #welcome, then #get-started, then jump into #general.
Let's ship fast! ๐ช
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This is why we built BuildBase.
Not to judge anyone for the DIY approach. But because we believe:
"Plumbing is never the variable you're testing."
Most founders test their product, not their billing system. Yet they build it anyway.
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You could build metered billing in a day. You could also maintain it forever.
Every time Stripe changes, you patch. Every time you scale, you refactor. Every time a user hits edge case #47, you debug.
BuildBase handles that layer. You handle your product.
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just realized:
you probably have Clerk Stripe LaunchDarkly CustomerIo running separately.
BuildBase bundles it (auth, billing, workflows, notifications, analytics) into one React SDK.
less integration, same features, faster shipping.
Check links below:
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where BuildBase is now - one React/Next.js SDK for the whole SaaS backend:
- auth multi-tenant workspaces
- billing (subscriptions usage-based credits trials seats)
- RBAC, feature flags
- webhooks, push, i18n
- a server SDK for the backend side too
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New BuildBase site docs are live.
One React/Next.js SDK for the whole SaaS backend: auth, usage-based billing, emails, workflows, workspaces. So you ship your product, not the plumbing.
Runs all 4 of my own paid products. v0.0.x, React/Next only.
docs.buildbase.app
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Every SaaS founder rebuilds the same auth usage-based billing plumbing for weeks before touching their actual product.
BuildBase is that layer, prebuilt.
buildbase.app
Try:
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BuildBase is one React/Next.js SDK that hands you that whole layer:
- auth multi-tenant workspaces RBAC
- usage-based billing (quotas, overages, metered Stripe)
- email campaigns notifications
- feature flags, workflows, webhooks
You wire it in and build your product.
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I caught myself wiring up Stripe webhooks for the 4th time across 4 different projects and just stopped.
Why do I keep rebuilding the exact same auth billing layer every single time?
So I built it once. It's called BuildBase ๐งต
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Email is your retention lever.
But most teams waste weeks wiring Mailgun Klaviyo custom logic together.
BuildBase handles campaigns, tracking, unsubscribe groups, and Stripe event automation in one place.
Free to test. buildbase.app
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๐ Solo-building BuildBase out of Surat, India.
It's the backend layer for React/Next.js SaaS โ auth, workspaces, usage-based billing, notifications in one SDK.
Young (v0.0.x) and honest about it, but it runs all 4 of my own paid products.
buildbase.app
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Building BuildBase. Metering an AI app looks like: await billing.recordUsage({ event: 'flow_run', qty: 1 }) <WhenQuotaExhausted> <UpgradePrompt/> </WhenQuotaExhausted>Overages auto-bill to your Stripe.
buildbase.app/
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Building BuildBase. Auth pages, emails billing in 8 locales with RTL per-currency pricing, all end-to-end โ not just dev tooling. One React/Next.js SDK with usage-based billing baked in.
buildbase.app/
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Shipping an AI app and dreading the billing layer?
BuildBase is one React/Next.js SDK for auth, workspaces, usage-based billing (quotas overages) & notifications.
The same backend runs our own products in prod.
DM for access.
Claude Design just helped us level up the BuildBase Console.
Cleaner layouts.
Better onboarding.
Less friction.
One of those updates where the product suddenly feels much closer to launch-ready.
#BuildBase #BuildInPublic
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Stop stitching Clerk Stripe Lago Knock.
BuildBase = ONE React/Next.js SDK: auth, workspaces, RBAC, usage-based billing & notifications.
Gate your UI declaratively:
<WhenSubscription>
<WhenQuotaAvailable>
Running in prod on our own apps.
npm i @buildbase/sdk
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