🎨 VisionAI - AI Image Generation SaaS Starter Kit (MERN + Stripe + Community + Credit System)

Launch your own AI Art Generation SaaS in minutes with a production-ready, full-stack platform. Built with modern technologies (React 18, Node.js, TypeScript, Stripe, MongoDB), VisionAI is the perfect foundation for developers, startups, or agencies looking to break into the booming AI art space.

🚀 Why VisionAI?

VisionAI isn’t just a codebase — it’s an entire business in a box. With seamless payments, dynamic credit-based usage, a social gallery system, and clean, scalable architecture, you get enterprise-grade features without enterprise-grade dev time.

Ideal for:

• 🎯 Entrepreneurs launching an AI image generation business
• 🧠 Agencies delivering white-label AI tools
• 👨‍💻 Developers building their SaaS portfolio
• 📷 Creators wanting full control of their own Midjourney-like platform

✨ Key Features

🧠 AI Image Generation

• 2K & 4K image outputs with clean, watermark-free results (for paid users)
• Custom prompt support with advanced parameter control
• Batch image generation support
• Style presets for fast, aesthetic outputs
• Easily connect to OpenAI, Replicate, or your own inference API

💳 Payments & Subscriptions (Stripe)

• Seamless subscription tiers (Free / Pro / Enterprise)
• Stripe integration with secure payments and webhook handling
• Credit-based billing system: users pay only for what they use
• Payment history, invoicing, and failed payment handling included

👥 Social Gallery & Community

• Public gallery for users to showcase creations
• Like, comment, and follow system to build creator networks
• User profiles with their own gallery, avatar, and social links
• Trending, recent, and featured filters

🔐 Security & Auth

• JWT authentication with role-based access (User/Admin)
• Encrypted passwords, email verification, and secure login
• Rate-limiting and API protection for abuse prevention

📊 Dashboard & Analytics

• Full user dashboard with generation history and credit tracking
• Admin-only view for managing users, plans, and moderation
• Usage stats, API performance, and export features

🎨 Sleek Modern UI

• Responsive, mobile-first layout with dark/light theme toggle
• Built with TailwindCSS, Radix UI, Lucide Icons
• Graceful loading states and accessible design (WCAG compliant)

🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 18, TypeScript, Vite, TailwindCSS, React Router, React Query
• Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB (Mongoose), Stripe, JWT, Multer
• Infra: Vercel (Frontend), Railway/Heroku (Backend), Cloudinary (Image Storage), MongoDB Atlas

Includes Docker support, easy .env setup, and full deployment instructions.

💰 Monetization Model

• Free Plan: Limited credits/month (with watermark)
• Pro Plan: Subscription with 1000 credits/month, 2K resolution
• Enterprise Plan: Unlimited credits, 4K resolution, API access

🎯 Designed for long-term growth with revenue-focused architecture.

📦 What’s Included

• ✅ Complete source code (client + server)
• ✅ Fully functional AI generation flow
• ✅ Credit + payment system (Stripe)
• ✅ Community gallery and social features
• ✅ Role-based user authentication
• ✅ Admin dashboard + moderation tools
• ✅ Dockerized backend for fast deployment
• ✅ Setup + deployment guides
• ✅ Email support (based on tier)

🔐 Login: demo@test.com / password123
💳 Test Card: 4242 4242 4242 4242 (Stripe test mode)

🚀 Ready to Build?

Skip months of development and focus on growth. VisionAI gives you the tools, code, and structure to launch your own AI image platform today.