SeaStack is a new series of open-source starter kits and reference apps from DigitalOcean, built to help developers ship real apps, faster.
It's our way of saying: "Here's how you can build real things with DigitalOcean — and here's the source code to get started."
Each SeaStack app is production-ready, easy to deploy, and shows how DigitalOcean services work together in practice. Think: authentication, billing, storage, email, AI — all wired up and ready to go.
And SeaNotes is the first one!
Get started with SeaNotes - the production-ready Next.js starter kit with everything you need built in.
SeaNotes is a production-ready Next.js SaaS notes starter kit on DigitalOcean App Platform — includes GradientAI, Stripe payments, Resend email, and Spaces storage.
It's an open source Next.js app that comes pre-wired with real services most SaaS apps need:
Use it as a starting point for your own product — or as a reference to see how real-world features come together on DigitalOcean.
SeaNotes is built for:
SeaNotes handles the foundational features most SaaS products need:
All of this is baked in — so you can skip the glue work and focus on building your actual product.
You can use SeaNotes in two ways:
"Build me something like this… but for customer support tickets."
"Rewrite this to manage bookings instead of notes."
"Add a feature that lets users tag notes and filter by tag."
Because the infra is already handled, LLMs can focus on your logic, not boilerplate setup.
SeaNotes is just the beginning. More SeaStack apps are on the way — including kits for e-commerce, dashboards, messaging, and more.
If you've been meaning to build a SaaS app — this should make it easier.
Everything's set up: auth, billing, email, storage, AI, deployment. You can use it as a starting point or just see how things are wired together.
We'll be iterating on this and releasing more kits as part of SeaStack — so if there's something you'd like to see baked in, or a service you wish we'd integrate next, let us know.
Feedback, ideas, feature requests — all welcome.
We can't wait to see what you ship!