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Ultimate Backend

Multi tenant SaaS starter kit with cqrs graphql microservice architecture, apollo federation, event source and authentication

Dormant2+ majors behindFree
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Why this verdict

  • No commits in 90 days; last commit 1842 days ago.
  • NestJS 7 declared; latest is 12 (5 majors behind).
  • Express 4 declared; latest is 5 (1 major behind).
  • TypeORM 0 declared; latest is 1 (1 major behind).
  • Not counted in verdict: Stripe SDK 7 → 22, TypeScript 3 → 7.
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  • Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.

Dependency freshness

PackageDeclaredLatestStatus
Stripe SDK stripe7.14.022.6.2Behind, not counted
NestJS @nestjs/core7.4.212.1.05 majors behind
TypeScript typescript3.9.77.0.2Behind, not counted
Express express4.17.15.2.11 major behind
TypeORM typeorm0.2.251.1.11 major behind

Declared = lowest version the kit's package.json allows. Latest = npm "latest" tag. TypeScript and the Stripe SDK are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Framework
NestJS, Express
Payments
Stripe
Database / ORM
TypeORM
API layer
GraphQL
Testing
Jest

Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.

What the README says you get

  • Content
    Stateful session authenticationAuthentication by stateful session (Password) GraphQL
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    OAuth2 AuthenticationOAuth2 Authentication (Google, Github, Facebook) REST
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    Event sourcingEvent Sourcing
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    GraphQL APIGraphQL API
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    gRPC MicroservicesGRPC Microservice
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    Emailing QueueEmailing Queue
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    Role Based Access ControlRole Based Access Control
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    Multi TenancyMulti Tenancy
  • Content
    Payment (Stripe)Payment (Stripe)
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    SaaS PlansSaaS Plans (Stripe)
  • Content
    SecuritySecurity
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    Service DiscoveryService Discovery (Default on Consul), supports ectd, Kubernetes

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (qwen3.5:4b) on Sep 26, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 3 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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