Ever wonder why some saas projects don’t make it? I built saas heaven: a small open-source archive of failed saas projects, in just a few hours.
Each post-mortem includes:
- honest stats (mrr, users, duration)
- why it failed
- lessons learned
- Links to source code so you can explore, fork, or repurpose
The goal is simple: learn from failure, not just success.
It’s fully contributive, if you’ve shipped a failed saas, you can add your story following a simple JSON + readme template.
Check it out: https://saasheaven.space
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saasheaven
an open-source archive of failed saas projects, sharing honest post-mortems, lessons learned, and source code so others can build smarter next time
SaaS Heaven
SaaS Heaven is a living archive of failed SaaS projects. Our mission is simple:
Learn from failure, not just success.
Every post-mortem on this site includes:
- Honest stats (MRR, users, duration)
- The story of what went wrong
- Lessons learned to guide future founders
- Links to the source code so you can explore, fork, or repurpose
Browse Failures
You can browse all failed startups in the graveyard and read detailed post-mortems.
How to Contribute
We welcome new post-mortems! To submit one:
- Fork this repo
- Add a folder under
post-mortems/<slug>/ - Include a
data.jsonfollowing the schema - Optionally include a
README.mdwith extra context or reflections - Open a Pull Request using our PR template
Note: the slug must be lowercase, hyphenated, and unique.
Mission
We believe founders can learn faster, smarter, and with less wasted time by studying real-world failures.
By open-sourcing these stories, we hope to give founders a shortcut…
Building it was a fun experiment in rapid iteration, and it’s already helping me and others reflect on past projects.
Would love feedback or contributions from other devs who’ve shipped SaaS before.
Thanks for reading!
Top comments (4)
the design is so peak! and the idea too. good to see you're back.
thanks dude!
In tech and product leadership, we often celebrate successes — but failure contains unmatched operational and strategic insights. That sucks but same time its experience and its good idea to track it.
yea definitely! if you have any insights, would love to see a pr from you on the repository!