Sailscasts Blog · Mar 2026
Announced a new Sails-native testing framework that unifies testing around one test() API, a Sails-centered trial context, and support for helpers, Inertia pages, email, and browser flows.
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Overview
The Sails Company (Sails Co.) is an Austin-based open-source and services company behind Sails.js, a realtime Node.js MVC framework. It combines framework stewardship with a web/mobile/cloud studio and paid support through Flagship.
Primary product
Sails.js realtime MVC framework for Node.js, plus related open-source tools (Waterline, Skipper, Node Machine) and Flagship commercial support
Founded
2014
Headquarters
Austin, Texas, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Node.js web framework and developer tools
Offices
3801 N Capital of Texas Highway, Suite E240, #208, Austin, TX 78746, United States
Austin, Texas, United States
Business model
open-source sponsorship
professional services / consulting
commercial support subscriptions (Flagship)
custom web/mobile studio engagements
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$785K
Latest round
Seed · May 2015
Latest amount
$615K
People & investors
Investors
Work & culture
Public copy describes a close-knit team of experienced engineers and product people with an open-source-first, pragmatic, community-oriented culture focused on enterprise-grade JavaScript apps.
Product & market
Pricing
Custom quotes for studio work plus month-to-month Flagship support plans (with quarterly/annual billing options and pre-paid discounts).
Differentiators
- —Primary sponsor of the Sails framework and related open-source tools
- —Realtime MVC architecture for Node.js
- —Integrated WebSocket support and blueprint-generated REST APIs
- —Database-agnostic Waterline ORM
- —Hybrid model of open-source stewardship plus paid support and studio services
Technology
Node.js
JavaScript
WebSockets
Waterline ORM
Docker
Caddy
Rsbuild
TypeScript
Inertia
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Customers
startup customers
enterprise customers
companies of all sizes
Competitors
Laravel
Firebase
Parse
Gatsby
Vaadin
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
~$5.1M estimated ARR (2024 estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
90.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Sailscasts Blog · Feb 2026
Introduced an open-source, self-hosted deployment platform for Sails.js with one-command deployment, Docker blue-green deploys, HTTPS, database services, and operational tooling.
Sailscasts Blog · Jan 2026
Major stack release featuring AsyncLocalStorage-based request isolation, intelligent caching via once(), improved flash messages, infinite scroll helpers, and better developer experience.
Sailscasts Blog · Jan 2026
Announced a modern asset pipeline that replaces the legacy Grunt pipeline with Rsbuild, adding faster builds, HMR, TypeScript support, ESM, and tree-shaking.
Sailscasts Blog · Mar 2025
Announced an official Discord community run with the Sails.js core team and Sailscasts to centralize community support, maintainers, and release updates.
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