# GoShip

Open-source Go + HTMX SaaS boilerplate with Stripe, notifications and PWA support

https://topboilerplates.com/goship

Framework: Go | Pricing: Free | GitHub stars: 457

## Verdict

Best for: Go developers who want a batteries-included, HTMX-driven SaaS boilerplate with billing, notifications and PWA support, avoiding a JS frontend framework entirely.

Skip if: You want a React/Vue-driven frontend or a more mature/widely-adopted Go starter with polished documentation - GoShip's docs are still a work in progress.

## Description

GoShip is a free, MIT-licensed Go boilerplate (forked from Pagoda) that pairs HTMX and Templ for server-rendered interactivity with Ent ORM, Postgres (with pgvector), and Stripe billing. It ships email/password auth, real-time and scheduled notifications with push support across PWA/iOS/Android, SMTP/Resend email templates, S3 file uploads, background task processing, and both Go unit tests and Playwright E2E tests, with Kamal-based deployment.

## Pros and cons

+ Genuinely comprehensive for a Go project - auth, Stripe billing, notifications, background jobs, file uploads and PWA support all included

+ Built and battle-tested in a real production app (Chérie), not just a demo

+ Includes pgvector support, making it AI/ML-ready out of the box

- Documentation is explicitly still a work in progress per the maintainer

- HTMX + Templ is a less mainstream pattern than React/Next.js, narrowing the pool of developers familiar with it

- Smaller community (457 stars) than flagship SaaS boilerplates in other ecosystems

## Features

- auth-included
- payments-included
- subscriptions
- in-app-notifications
- background-jobs
- cron-scheduling
- realtime-subscriptions
- file-uploads
- email-templates
- rag-vector-search
- e2e-tests
- unit-tests
- open-source
- mit-licensed
- free-tier

## Stack

- Go
- Postgres
- Tailwind
- Stripe
- S3
- Resend

## Links

- Website: https://topboilerplates.com/go/goship
- GitHub: https://github.com/leomorpho/GoShip

## Alternatives

- [IndieKit](https://topboilerplates.com/indiekit)
- [Carrot Seed](https://topboilerplates.com/carrot-seed)
- [ShipFast](https://topboilerplates.com/shipfast)