Welcome to Iridium
Your shortcut to a production-ready SaaS. Iridium is a production-ready boilerplate packed with everything you need: secure authentication, subscription billing, a powerful AI toolkit, and a stunning component library. Stop rebuilding boilerplate and start shipping features your users will love. It's the fastest way to go from idea to revenue.
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Production-Ready React Router 7 Foundation
Iridium is a carefully architected boilerplate built on React Router 7 with TypeScript throughout. Config-based routing, end-to-end type safety, and clear separation of concerns give you the confidence to build and scale. It's not just another template—it follows proven patterns used in real production applications.
Everything You Need to Ship Fast
Skip months of setup. Iridium includes authentication, database integration, AI capabilities with streaming chat, analytics, email, testing, and deployment configuration. Every integration is documented, every pattern is explained, and every decision is intentional. Build for creators, by creators.
See It In Action
Production-Ready Dashboard
Iridium includes a fully functional dashboard with real metrics, thread management, and a working AI chat interface. Every button click, every message sent, every thread created triggers PostHog events. See exactly how to instrument your features by reading production code that actually works.
AI Chat with Tool Calling
Built with Vercel AI SDK and OpenAI, the chat interface demonstrates streaming responses, multi-turn conversations, and tool calling patterns. Messages persist to your database, threads organize conversations, and the @posthog/ai wrapper tracks token usage and costs automatically. Copy the implementation, adapt it to your product, and ship AI features in hours instead of weeks.
End-to-End Type Safety
From database schema to API response to UI component, every piece is type-safe. Prisma generates types from your schema, Zod validates runtime data, React Router 7 types your routes, and CVA ensures type-safe component variants. Catch errors at build time, not in production. Refactor with confidence knowing TypeScript has your back across the entire stack.
What's inside?
Authentication & User Management
Secure authentication powered by BetterAuth with email/password and social login support. Session management, role-based access control, and protected route patterns are ready to use. User profiles, account settings, and secure password reset flows included.
AI Integration
OpenAI integration with streaming chat capabilities using the Vercel AI SDK. Pre-built chat UI components, message persistence with Prisma, and LLM analytics tracking via PostHog. Add AI-powered features to your product in minutes, not weeks.
Form & Validation System
Hybrid client/server form validation using Zod schemas and React Hook Form. Instant client-side feedback with server-side security validation. Pre-built form components with error handling, loading states, and accessibility features built in.
Component Library
DaisyUI 5 components with CVA-powered variants for type-safe styling. Buttons, inputs, modals, alerts, and more—all customizable and accessible. Dark mode support, responsive design, and consistent theming across your entire application.
Analytics & Feature Flags
PostHog integration for user analytics, session replay, and A/B testing. Feature flags let you test variations with real users and roll out features gradually. Built-in LLM analytics tracks AI model usage, costs, and performance.
Email & Transactional Messages
Resend integration with React Email components for beautiful, responsive emails. Pre-built templates for welcome emails, password resets, account notifications, and more. Type-safe email sending with proper error handling.
Built-in Analytics & Intelligence
Comprehensive Event Tracking
Every action tracked with PostHog: user behavior patterns, chat interactions, thread management, and LLM usage metrics. Automatic exception capture with full context gives you visibility into errors before users report them. See exactly how your features are being used.
Feature Flags & A/B Testing
Test UI variations with real users instantly using PostHog feature flags. Roll out features gradually to specific user segments. Watch session replays to understand actual user behavior. The landing page you're reading right now uses feature flags for experimentation.
LLM Analytics Built-In
Track AI model usage, token consumption, response times, and costs automatically. Every chat message, every streaming response, every tool call is captured with the @posthog/ai wrapper. See exactly what your AI features cost and how users interact with them.
Real Implementation Examples
The dashboard includes working examples of analytics tracking: button clicks, message streams, thread operations, and error handling. Every event is properly structured with context. Copy the patterns, apply them to your features. Learn by seeing production code.
What's the purpose?
Ship Faster, Build Better
Every creator business needs the same foundation: user authentication, payments, email, and a dashboard. Iridium gives you all of this on day one, so you can spend your time building features that make your product unique instead of rebuilding infrastructure everyone else already has.
Code You Can Trust
This isn't just a collection of npm packages thrown together. Iridium follows modern best practices with config-based routing, type-safe operations, middleware patterns, and comprehensive testing. The architecture is designed to scale as your business grows, not hold you back.
Focus on Revenue, Not Boilerplate
Time spent building authentication is time you're not spending talking to customers or building revenue-generating features. Iridium handles the boring infrastructure work so you can focus on the problems only you can solve—the ones your customers will actually pay for.
Built for Real Products
Iridium isn't a toy project or experimental framework. It's built with production-ready patterns, comprehensive error handling, and real-world testing. Security best practices, proper database migrations, and deployment-ready configuration are all included. Start with confidence.
Who is this for?
Solo Creators & Indie Hackers
You have a great idea for a creator business but don't want to spend months building authentication, user dashboards, and database architecture. Iridium gives you a production-ready foundation so you can focus on your unique offering instead of reinventing the wheel.
Technical Founders
You know how to code but want to ship fast without cutting corners. Iridium provides battle-tested patterns for React Router 7, type-safe database operations, and secure authentication. Clean, well-documented code that you can confidently build on.
Digital Product Creators
You want to sell courses, templates, guides, or access to exclusive content. Iridium gives you user authentication, role-based access control, and a dashboard where your customers can manage their accounts. Add your payment integration and start selling.
Community Builders
You're building a membership site, private repository access, or exclusive community platform. Iridium handles user management, secure authentication, and provides the foundation for gating content based on membership levels or permissions.
AI-Powered Creators
You want to build intelligent tools or AI-enhanced experiences for your audience. Iridium includes OpenAI integration with streaming chat out of the box, plus user context and message persistence. Add AI features without starting from scratch.
Tech stack
Built for Developers
Iridium is designed with developers in mind. The codebase is clean, modular, and easy to understand, making it simple to customize and extend. With comprehensive documentation and a focus on best practices, Iridium helps you build your SaaS product with confidence.
Modern Tech Stack
Built on React Router 7 with TypeScript for type-safe, full-stack development. Config-based routing, middleware patterns, and a model layer architecture provide a solid foundation. DaisyUI components with CVA give you a beautiful, customizable design system out of the box.
Authentication & Billing
User authentication powered by BetterAuth with email/password and social login support. Subscription billing integrated via Polar.sh with webhook handling and customer management. Role-based access control keeps your application secure from day one.
AI-Ready
OpenAI integration with Vercel AI SDK provides streaming chat capabilities and AI-powered features. Pre-built chat UI components and message persistence let you add intelligent features to your product without starting from scratch.
Production-Ready
PostgreSQL with Prisma for robust data management. PostHog analytics and feature flags for data-driven decisions. Resend for transactional emails. Vitest and Playwright testing suites ensure your code works as expected before deployment.
Use cases
AI-Powered SaaS Products
Build intelligent tools that use OpenAI's models for content generation, analysis, or chat interfaces. The streaming chat implementation, message persistence, and LLM analytics tracking give you everything needed to create AI products like writing assistants, code generators, or conversational tools.
Membership & Subscription Sites
Create exclusive content platforms with tiered access levels. Use role-based permissions to gate premium content, manage subscriptions, and provide member-only features. Perfect for online courses, premium newsletters, or private communities.
Internal Business Tools
Build dashboards, admin panels, or workflow automation tools for your team. The authentication system handles user management, feature flags let you roll out updates gradually, and the component library provides a professional interface out of the box.
API & Integration Platforms
Create developer tools, API management platforms, or integration services. The type-safe API patterns, middleware architecture, and comprehensive error handling make it easy to build reliable backend services with clean documentation.
Data Collection & Analysis Tools
Build form builders, survey platforms, or analytics dashboards. The validation system handles complex form logic, PostHog integration provides real-time analytics, and the database layer with Prisma makes data management straightforward.
E-Learning & Course Platforms
Launch online course platforms with user progress tracking, content gating, and email notifications. The authentication system manages student accounts, while the component library provides all the UI elements for course content, quizzes, and progress indicators.