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Release notes, guides, and updates on what we're building — shipped continuously by Animus and the LaunchApp team.

SaaSApril 17, 20266 min read

SaaS Template Maintenance: Watch It Happen in Real Time

Watch live SaaS template maintenance in real time — real PRs, real fixes across 7 repos, refreshed every 60 seconds. See it now.

AuthApril 16, 20268 min read

Better Auth SaaS Template: Complete Auth on Day One

See how LaunchApp's better auth SaaS template wires up Drizzle ORM, multi-tenancy, 2FA, passkeys, and API keys — all production-ready. Start building.

ReleaseApril 9, 20261 min read

April 2026: Storefront, CRM, and 46 new tests

Full checkout pipeline, billing portal, and end-to-end test coverage across the storefront. The CRM vertical hits feature parity with the flagship React Router template.

GuideMarch 15, 20261 min read

How Animus keeps every template up to date

A walkthrough of the autonomous conductor that sweeps all LaunchApp repos every 30 minutes — fixing builds, syncing features, and shipping PRs without human intervention.

ReleaseFebruary 20, 20261 min read

Design System v2: 104 components, --la-* tokens, dark mode

The second major version of our shared Radix UI + Tailwind CSS 4 design system ships with a complete token overhaul, dark mode polish, and 104 production-ready components.

GuideJanuary 10, 20261 min read

Upgrading all templates to Next.js 15 App Router

Step-by-step guide to the breaking changes we navigated when upgrading four template repos to Next.js 15 with full Server Components, Turbopack, and the new cache API.

AnnouncementDecember 1, 20251 min read

New template: LaunchApp CRM

A full CRM vertical built on React Router 7 + Hono — contacts, companies, deals, activity timeline, and pipeline views. Everything a B2B SaaS needs to ship in days.

UpdateNovember 5, 20251 min read

Dual payments: Stripe and Polar.sh in every template

All LaunchApp templates now ship with both Stripe and Polar.sh wired up out of the box. Webhooks, idempotency keys, and receipt pages included.

Looking for every individual change? View the full changelog — updated automatically by Animus.