Would you buy a boilerplate for electron.js apps?

1 points by sebestindragos 2y ago ↗ HN

Saw a lot of people struggling to integrate things like shadcn components or even react into electron and was thinking of publishing a boilerplate.

For reference I recently went through all of these struggles while building https://first2apply.com

Seeing the success of other boilerplate projects like https://shipfa.st/ there seems to be a need for them in different tech stack and electron doesn’t have one yet.

The stack I used for f2a is: - electron.js (obviously) - electron forge to run builds - auto-updater - react - tailwind css - shdcn components - supabase for auth + db + edge functions to run custom backend code - nextjs for landing page - blog project also built using nextjs with proper SEO - stripe for accepting payments (subscriptions)

Some other points worth mentioning: - it also supports email confirmation + forgot password functionality via deep links - I deployed f2a to the MS store and would include docs on how to do that (the appx built was a pain in the ass to figure out)

So bottom line is you would buy a batteries included boilerplate to start a SaaS with electron (landing page, blog, actual electron app)

Thinking about pricing it at 199$.

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brudgers 2y ago ↗

How well does HN reflect the market segment for this type of product?

Keeping in mind that for many people who write comments on HN, commenting is the allure of HN...e.g. this comment, what channels will work to create awareness among likely buyers.

Good luck.

sebestindragos 2y ago ↗

I think there are a lot of developers on HN so that’s why I asked here.

For the record I’m not selling anything yet, just trying to figure out if there would be need for something like that.