Examples

Production-shaped starting points.

Scaffold any of these in seconds and read the schema, policies, functions, and React client working together.

$npm create @pylonsync/pylon@latest
Full-stack starters

Pick a starter to see Pylon's core primitives working end to end.

SaaS starter

A complete SaaS product with a marketing site, onboarding, a multi-tenant dashboard, and Stripe billing. Reach for this one to build a product.

Stripe billingMarketing + dashboardOnboarding
template: saas
Consumer app

A social feed with live posts and likes, public reads, and owner-only writes.

Live feedPublic readsfield.owner()
template: consumer
Realtime chat

Rooms and messages with live queries and presence. The canonical 'see sync work' starter.

Live queriesPresenceOptimistic send
template: chat
Local-first todo

Optimistic create / toggle / delete with guest sessions. The smallest end-to-end Pylon app.

Optimistic writesGuest sessionsOffline-ready
template: todo
Barebones

One entity, one function, one page. Start from a clean slate.

SchemaOne functionSSR page
template: barebones
Business websites

A configurable marketing site, real-time feature, and owner dashboard, ready to rebrand.

Waitlist

A coming-soon landing with email capture and a live signup counter that ticks up across every open tab.

Live counterEmail captureOwner dashboard
template: waitlist
Agency / studio

A studio site with a case-study portfolio, plus a back-office: clients, invoices with PDF export, and live project availability.

Case studiesInvoices + PDFLive availability
template: agency
Restaurant

Menu and reservations with live table availability. Each seating greys to 'Full' when it fills.

Live availabilityReservationsOwner dashboard
template: restaurant
Local service

An appointment business with services, booking, live slot availability, and an owner dashboard.

Live bookingSchedulingOwner dashboard
template: local-service
Creator

A personal-brand page with a bio, offerings, newsletter signup, and live subscriber count.

Live counterNewsletterOwner dashboard
template: creator
Shop

A DTC store with a product grid, live inventory, a cart, and real Stripe checkout with a no-key fallback.

Stripe checkoutLive inventoryCart
template: shop
Directory

A curated directory with live full-text search, facets, community upvotes, and a moderated submission flow.

Full-text searchFacetsModeration
template: directory
AI apps

Pylon keeps the AI calls on the server, so your keys never reach the browser.

AI chat

Streaming LLM chat keeps your key on the server and syncs conversation history across tabs. Pick from multiple models.

Token streamingSynced historyMulti-model
template: ai-chat
AI studio

Generate images, audio, and video with Replicate. A live gallery fills in as each background job finishes.

Background jobsLive galleryReplicate
template: ai-studio

Read the source.

Every template and the framework itself are open source on GitHub.