Features & Modules
Auth, Billing, and Privacy: The Three Modules Every SaaS Needs
Three modules every SaaS needs — and Saucebase ships them already built. Here's what's included and why they matter.
Admin Chef
The Modern Laravel Stack: Inertia.js, Vue 3 or React, and Tailwind Done Right
Admin Chef
Modern web development has a tension at its core: server-side frameworks are productive but struggle with rich interactivity, while JavaScript SPAs offer great UX but introduce enormous complexity. The Laravel + Inertia.js stack resolves that tension elegantly — and Saucebase is built on it from the ground up.
Laravel — the foundation
Version 13, with PHP 8.4 constructor promotion, typed properties, Eloquent relationships, and a world-class ecosystem. Laravel handles routing, database access, authentication, queuing, broadcasting, and more — all with conventions that keep your codebase organised as it grows.
Inertia.js — the bridge
Version 3 replaces traditional Blade views with Vue or React components while keeping your server-side routing and controllers intact. No REST API, no GraphQL, no data-fetching layer to maintain. Your controller returns a component name and props. Inertia handles the rest.
Version 3 brings deferred props, optimistic updates with automatic rollback, instant visits, and simplified SSR via the Vite plugin — all of which Saucebase uses by default.
Vue 3 or React — the UI layer
Saucebase ships with full support for both frameworks. Pick Vue 3 (Composition API, <script setup>) or React 19 (hooks, JSX) — the choice is made during setup and everything is wired up for you. TypeScript is used throughout either way, and types are auto-generated from your PHP enums and DTOs via php artisan module:generate-types — your backend and frontend stay in sync without manual work.
Tailwind CSS 4 — the styling layer
The new CSS-first configuration approach means less boilerplate, more flexibility. Saucebase enforces dark mode support across every component — every background, text colour, and border ships with a dark: variant as a first-class requirement.
The full picture
- Vite — HMR, SSR, and module-aware asset discovery
- Filament 5 — admin panel
- Ziggy — named Laravel routes available in JavaScript
- Playwright — end-to-end tests, auto-discovered per module
- PHPStan level 5 — static analysis via Larastan
Every piece was chosen deliberately. Together, they let you move fast without fighting your tools — and Saucebase wires them all together so you don't have to.
