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OrbitFlow was created to reduce the repeated work found at the beginning of almost every SaaS product while keeping important decisions visible.
Project intent
The goal is an adaptable reference. The feedback domain is only an example; the same foundation can support CRM, finance, portals, internal tools, or subscription products.
OrbitFlow is an open-source foundation for creating scalable, secure, and organized SaaS platforms. The project was developed to serve as a professional base for multi-tenant products, preventing new systems from starting from scratch on critical points such as authentication, workspace isolation, authorization, validation, documentation, infrastructure, CI, and engineering rules. The proposal is not just to be a feedback board system. The reference domain can be adapted to CRM, finance, customer portals, workflow engines, internal tools, communities, subscription products, or any web application that needs a solid backend base.
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
These are the main elements organized in this workstream.
- Multi-tenant workspaces and absolute data isolation per tenant
- JWT authentication and refresh token stored in Redis cache
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) per workspace
- Secure routes by default and repository pattern for database abstraction
- Global validation with DTOs and standardized response and error envelopes
- Active rate limiting for abuse prevention and audit logs for critical actions
- Docker infrastructure with PostgreSQL, Redis, API, and NGINX
- CI pipeline with lint, typecheck, tests, build, and Docker validation
TARGET AUDIENCE
Developers, founders, advanced students, technical teams, and builders who want to create a SaaS with professional structure without neglecting architecture from the MVP stage.
How this experience can be applied
For a company, this architecture can accelerate validation of a new product without ignoring data isolation, access control, and operations. Implementation should be adapted to the domain, risk, and team.
What to evaluate before applying a similar solution
These criteria help turn the project reference into a decision that fits the company or community context.
- Which data belongs to each workspace and how isolation will be tested.
- How authentication, roles, and permissions represent the real domain.
- Which modules belong in the MVP and which can wait.
- How migrations, queues, logs, and deployment will be operated.
- Who will maintain the foundation and how decisions will be documented.
INFRASTRUCTURE & STACK
Node.js (v20+), TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Redis, Passport/JWT, Docker, Compose, Turborepo, and pnpm.
Sources and further reading
This material presents my working approach and is educational. The right solution depends on the context, risks, and responsibilities of each project.
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