Get the kit
●  STARTER KIT + 9-LESSON COURSE

Own the stack.
Keep the margin.

A production starter kit for an AI character-generation app — the same face in any scene — that runs on infrastructure you own. No image API renting your profit.

Get the kit → See how it works
RunPod serverless GPU Next.js + Postgres deploy as-is
app.yourdomain.com  ● live
The OwnStack app: a My Characters dashboard with a dog, a robot, and a person — all generated, all on your own infrastructure
// your app, your GCP + RunPod — not a demo on someone else's dime
The reason AI wrappers don't make money

Most AI apps rent an image API and watch it eat the profit.

✕Rent a hosted image API — margin shrinks with every generation.
✕Vendor sets the price, the model, the rate limit. You don't own the pipeline.
→OwnStack ships a self-hosted serverless GPU pipeline. You pay GPU-seconds, scale to zero, keep the spread.
What you get

A deployable product, not a boilerplate.

Free templates give you the UI. OwnStack gives you the hard part — the infrastructure, the async job pipeline, and the character-consistency engine that actually makes it work.

01 / ENGINE

Serverless GPU worker

A 2-stage image engine on RunPod: scale-to-zero, cold-start-optimized, model baked into the image. You own the container.

02 / APP

Full-stack Next.js app

Character wizard, gallery, async job queue with polling, Google login, credits, mobile-first UI. Ships production-ready.

03 / COURSE

9 lessons, end to end

Not just code — the how. GPU serverless, the async queue, cost/margin tuning, deploy. The part boilerplates skip.

The hard part, solved

One face. Every scene.

Not a seed trick. OwnStack generates one base image, then edits from that base as the reference — so every new scene keeps the same character.

STAGE 1
Generate the base

A text-to-image model casts the character once — the canonical face.

STAGE 2
Edit from the base

Every scene is a reference-guided edit of that base. Same face, new pose, new place.

RESULT
20 scenes, one identity

People, anime, animals, robots — a character is not only a person.

same character · different scenes  consistent ✓
The same generated character shown in three different scenes, keeping an identical face
// generate one base → edit into any scene, face intact
The course · ★ = killer chapter

You build it, then you own it.

Nine lessons that take you from an empty project to a deployed, monetizable app on your own cloud.

1.1
Design system
Tokens, type, mobile-first
1.2
Google login
OAuth, anonymous & test users
1.3
Character creation
Option-based 4-step wizard
1.4
Image engine architecture
2-stage consistency, async jobs, GCS
1.5
Content generation
Scene presets + Gemini variety
2.1
Cost & margin optimization
Cold-start, slim images, model bake
2.2
Monetization
Credits + Stripe, one-flag on/off
3.1
Deploy to Cloud Run
Ship it live
3.2
Custom domain
Your domain + automatic HTTPS
Everything portable · no vendor lock-in

Your cloud. Your data. Your margin.

Next.js / App Router Postgres + Prisma RunPod / serverless GPU GCS / image storage Vertex AI / Gemini scenes Cloud Run / hosting Stripe / subscriptions
One-time · lifetime access

Own it once.

OwnStack — full kit + courseLAUNCH · $50 OFF
$249 $299
Early-builder launch price — going to $299
one-time payment · yours forever · free updates
  • ✓ Full private GitHub repo — engine + app + docs
  • ✓ 9-lesson course, deploy end-to-end
  • ✓ 2-stage character-consistency engine
  • ✓ Monetization built in (credits + Stripe)
  • ✓ Runs on your GCP + RunPod — you own it all
Get instant access →
// secure checkout · instant repo access
Questions

Before you buy.

Do I need my own cloud accounts?+

Yes — that's the point. You deploy to your own GCP and RunPod, so you own the infrastructure and the margin. The course walks you through every setup step, aimed at builders who aren't infra experts.

Is this just another boilerplate?+

No. Free boilerplates hand you a UI. OwnStack ships the hard part: a self-hosted serverless GPU pipeline, an async job queue, and real character consistency — plus a course that teaches how it all fits together.

What can the characters be?+

Realistic people, anime, animals, fantasy creatures, chibi mascots, robots. One base image locks the identity; every scene keeps the same face.

Can I charge my own users?+

Yes. Credits and Stripe subscriptions are built in and flip on with one flag. It's a deployable business, not a demo.

How do I get the code?+

Instantly. On purchase you're added to the private GitHub repo — engine, app, and the full course docs — and you keep access, including future updates.