SaaS starters · Rank #30
djangorocket
Grade B: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work
A Django SaaS boilerplate
Why this verdict
How we check →- 33 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (22 in the last 30). receipt ↗
- Latest release 0.6.0, 632 days ago. receipt ↗
- Django 5 declared; latest is 6 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
Snapshot: commit d0fd85d on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:33 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.
Dependency freshness
Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- Django
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- APIREST API auth
A REST API with token and API-key authentication, via djangorestframework
- AuthCustom user model
Custom user model with login, registration, and account, email and security settings pages
- BillingStripe subscriptions
Stripe subscriptions via stripe-python, with checkout, cancel and reactivate flows and a webhook endpoint
- DataPostgres and Redis
Postgres and Redis defined in `docker-compose.yml`, on host ports picked free on your machine
- DeployWhitenoise static serving
Static file serving with whitenoise
- DeployGenerated .env file
Scaffolding writes a working `.env` for you
- DeployOne-command project boot
One command then takes the new project to a running app
- OtherOpenSearch search
Search backed by OpenSearch, and background work with celery on Redis
- OtherCookiecutter template support
Django Rocket is also usable as a plain Cookiecutter template, without installing the CLI
- UITailwind CSS templates
Customizable templates with Tailwind CSS (powered by django-tailwind)
- UIUI component installer
Each component lands in the project's templates directory under `components/ui/`
- UIAccordion and button components
`accordion` and `button` ship today; name several at once to install them together
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Oct 12, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
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History
Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.
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| Date | Maintenance | Dependencies | Commits (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Active | 1 major behind | 33 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Active | 1 major behind | 33 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Dormant | 1 major behind | 0 |
Sources
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- Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
- Releases ↗ latest release
- requirements.txt ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit d0fd85d)
- requirements/requirements.txt ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit d0fd85d)
- README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
- PyPI ↗ latest versions of Python packages (each linked in the table above)