Built a modular SaaS admin dashboard framework. feedback welcome!

Shoaib — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:43:23 +0000

I’ve been freelancing and noticed a recurring pain point: small SaaS startups often don’t have time to build a proper admin panel for managing users, subscriptions, audit logs, or real-time metrics.

So I built one.

It’s a production-grade, modular admin dashboard framework for SaaS products.
Think: plug-and-play user management, JWT auth, real-time WebSocket dashboards, and audit logs — all wired up with Django, Daphne, Channels, React + Vite.

Key features:
User + subscription management
JWT auth with SimpleJWT
Role-based admin/staff route permissions
Real-time WebSocket dashboard metrics
Audit logs & in-app notifications
Modular Django apps & decoupled React frontend

Why I built this:
Most admin panels I’ve seen either lock you into rigid systems or lack real-time operational tools like WebSockets. I wanted something extensible, cleanly separated, and production-grade for early-stage SaaS teams (or freelancers like me) to plug in and move fast.

Current status:

Fully working demo with simulated models

WebSocket infra, JWT auth, and audit logs live

No external payment integrations yet

Repo here:
👉 https://github.com/codewithshoaib-dev/admin-panel/

Would love feedback:
If you’ve built SaaS products, what operational features do you wish your admin panels had? Or what pain points did you hit managing user roles, dashboards, etc.?

Open to collab or ideas too!

DEV Community: Shoaib

Built a modular SaaS admin dashboard framework. feedback welcome!