Introduction

Nano ASP.NET Boilerplate is a comprehensive, unopinionated full-stack solution designed to accelerate the development of multi-tenant SaaS and MVP web applications. It provides a robust foundation with clean architecture, enabling developers to build scalable products rapidly and focus on core business logic.

Key Features

• Multi-Tenancy & Tenant Management: Flexible support for single or per-tenant databases, with resolution by header, subdomain, or token.
• Authentication & Authorization: Pre-configured ASP Identity with JWT/cookie-based auth, refresh tokens, and complete login/recovery flows.
• User & Role Management: Prebuilt user management with search, sort, create, edit, and simple role-based access control.
• Multiple UI Projects: Includes fully featured front-end projects for Vue 3, React, and MVC Razor Pages, all on Bootstrap 5.
• CLI Tool for Code Generation: Scaffold entire projects, application services, and API controllers with CRUD features instantly.
• Comprehensive API Testing: Postman API collection with 22 endpoints and pre-configured environment variables.

Use Cases

Ideal for individual developers and small teams, Nano ASP.NET Boilerplate is perfect for rapidly launching SaaS products, B2B applications, or Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). It eliminates the need to start from scratch by providing essential infrastructure like security, user management, and multi-tenancy. This allows teams to significantly reduce development time and costs, bringing ideas to market faster and focusing on unique business logic.

Pricing Information

Nano ASP.NET Boilerplate is a paid product offering an unlimited license, allowing access to source code and use on unlimited projects. Accounts never expire, and users receive lifetime updates, making it a cost-effective solution.

User Experience and Support

Designed to be unopinionated and easy to adapt, it offers extensive documentation, including setup guides and commented code. Users benefit from a complementary onboarding meeting, and prompt support is available via live chat or email, typically with same-day response times.

Technical Details

Built on ASP.NET 9 and Entity Framework, Nano implements clean architecture. It supports Vue 3 (Pinia, VeeValidate, Yup, Tanstack Table v8, Vite), React (MobX, Formik, Yup, Tanstack Table v8, Vite, TypeScript), and MVC Razor (JQuery, Datatables.net). It uses ASP Identity for user management, JWT/cookie authentication, generic repository with Ardalis Specification, and Automapper.

Pros and Cons

• Pros: Accelerates SaaS/MVP development, robust multi-tenancy, clean architecture, multiple UI options, comprehensive auth/user/tenant management, powerful CLI, extensive documentation, dedicated support, unlimited license with lifetime updates.
• Cons: Requires familiarity with ASP.NET and chosen front-end framework; no explicit free tier beyond a demo.

Conclusion

Nano ASP.NET Boilerplate is an exceptional tool for building scalable and secure SaaS applications or MVPs efficiently. By providing a battle-tested foundation with modern technologies and comprehensive features, it empowers teams to focus on innovation and deliver value faster. Explore the demo and documentation to see how Nano can jumpstart your next project.