Pick a starter kit with the evidence in front of you.

We check every kit's public code each week: is anyone still committing, how far behind current framework versions it is, and what's actually in the stack. Rankings come from that evidence, never from who pays us.

Kits tracked
108
With no commits in 6+ months
36 of 88
2+ majors behind on a core dep
30 of 88

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SaaS starters

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Auth, billing, and a dashboard so you can ship the product, not the plumbing.

ActiveCurrent deps

95 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (95 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Better Auth
  • Stripe
  • Drizzle
  • Neon
ActiveCurrent deps

77 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (3 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Supabase Auth
  • Supabase
ActiveCurrent deps

13 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (2 in the last 30).

  • Astro
  • Vite
  • Better Auth
  • Stripe
  • Drizzle
  • Postgres.js
Active · changelogCurrent deps · claimed

Vendor changelog's newest entry is dated Sep 16, 2026 (10 days ago).

  • Nuxt
  • Next.js
  • Better Auth

Full-stack starters

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Opinionated app foundations with the stack decided for you.

ActiveCurrent deps

185 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (76 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Better Auth
  • Stripe
  • Prisma
ActiveCurrent deps

83 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (27 in the last 30).

  • TanStack Start
  • Vite
  • Better Auth
  • Drizzle
  • Postgres.js
ActiveCurrent deps

82 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (27 in the last 30).

  • Express
  • Stripe
  • MongoDB (Mongoose)
ActiveCurrent deps

12 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (5 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Auth.js
  • Stripe
  • Drizzle
  • Neon
ActiveCurrent deps

10 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (2 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
ActiveCurrent deps

9 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (4 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Clerk
  • Drizzle
  • node-postgres

Mobile starters

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Cross-platform app foundations.

Active1 major behind

23 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (4 in the last 30).

  • Expo
Slowing2+ majors behind

No commits in 90 days; last commit 148 days ago.

  • Expo
  • React Native
#5

VibeFast

Paid
Not verifiableDeps unknown

Listed prices: $99.

API starters

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Backends and services, ready to deploy.

Steady1 major behind

4 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.

  • NestJS
  • MongoDB (Mongoose)
  • TypeORM
  • node-postgres
Steady2+ majors behind

1 commit in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.

  • NestJS
  • TypeORM
  • node-postgres
Slowing1 major behind

No commits in 90 days; last commit 109 days ago.

  • NestJS
  • Express
  • Vite
  • Stripe
  • TypeORM
  • node-postgres

AI app starters

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Chat, agents, and model plumbing wired up and ready to extend.

Active2+ majors behind

19 commits by 8 contributors in the last 90 days (14 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Expo
  • Express
  • React Native
  • Auth.js
  • Stripe
Active2+ majors behind

10 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (2 in the last 30).

  • Next.js
  • Supabase
SteadyCurrent deps

12 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.

  • Next.js
  • Auth.js
  • Drizzle
  • Postgres.js
Not verifiableDeps unknown

Listed prices: $149, $249.

E-commerce starters

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Storefronts wired to a commerce backend, ready to sell.

#2

Relivator

Free
Dormant1 major behind

No commits in 90 days; last commit 356 days ago.

  • Next.js
  • Better Auth
  • Polar
  • Drizzle
  • Postgres.js
  • node-postgres

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