For startup teams

Your repository is the company's shared workspace

Keelson is built for the most common early-startup shape: one technical founder, one not — collaborating in the same repository in their first week, each in the interface that fits them.

Guided project setup

Nobody starts from an empty repository. The Start-a-Project wizard walks through naming, choosing a template, setting up environments, and inviting a teammate — so the first hour produces something real.

Templates: deliberately few, deliberately maintained

A small set we keep healthy beats a sprawling gallery of abandoned starters.

SaaS starter

Auth, billing scaffolding, and an app shell to build on.

Landing page

A fast, editable marketing page your whole team can update.

API service

A typed API service with sensible project structure.

Waitlist

Collect and manage signups before you launch.

Internal dashboard

A starting point for the tools your team runs on.

Roles for nontechnical teammates

Designers, marketers, and contractors contribute through Simple Mode with scoped roles — guided flows, no terminal required, and server-side rules protecting the main version.

  • Reviewer

    Reads everything, comments, and approves review requests — the natural role for a nontechnical cofounder who owns the copy and the story.

  • Viewer

    Read-only access for advisors and stakeholders who need visibility, not write access.

  • Developer

    Full write access: branches, pushes, review requests, and Vault access appropriate to their grants.

Project health checklist

Every project gets a simple checklist that shows what a healthy setup looks like — and what's still missing.

Free is genuinely useful for a founder and one collaborator.