280 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (124 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Better Auth
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- 839
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- 330 of 818
- 2+ majors behind on a core dep
- 141 of 818
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Full-stack starters
See ranking →Opinionated app foundations with the stack decided for you.
162 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (16 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Better Auth
- Stripe
- Prisma
137 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (44 in the last 30).
- Vue
- Vite
103 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (44 in the last 30).
- Vue
- Vite
- Django
- Stripe
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
92 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (36 in the last 30).
- NestJS
- Vue
- Vite
82 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (22 in the last 30).
- Express
- Stripe
- MongoDB (Mongoose)
MCP server starters
See ranking →Templates for Model Context Protocol servers and tools.
2550 commits by 13 contributors in the last 90 days (52 in the last 30).
- SQLite
1645 commits by 9 contributors in the last 90 days (1105 in the last 30).
1283 commits by 17 contributors in the last 90 days (284 in the last 30).
- SQLAlchemy
- Alembic
382 commits by 30 contributors in the last 90 days (122 in the last 30).
- FastAPI
- SQLAlchemy
- Alembic
243 commits by 5 contributors in the last 90 days (47 in the last 30).
- Express
227 commits by 76 contributors in the last 90 days (55 in the last 30).
API starters
See ranking →Backends and services, ready to deploy.
134 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (44 in the last 30).
- Django
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
111 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (13 in the last 30).
- NestJS
- MongoDB (Mongoose)
- TypeORM
- node-postgres
48 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (17 in the last 30).
- Better Auth
- Drizzle
- node-postgres
38 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (35 in the last 30).
- SQLAlchemy
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
- Alembic
35 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (32 in the last 30).
- FastAPI
- SQLAlchemy
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
- Alembic
20 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (9 in the last 30).
- NestJS
- Better Auth
- Stripe
- Prisma
SaaS starters
See ranking →Auth, billing, and a dashboard so you can ship the product, not the plumbing.
1213 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (862 in the last 30).
- TanStack Start
- Vite
- Better Auth
- Drizzle
402 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (119 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Vite
- Supabase Auth
- Stripe
- Supabase
385 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (242 in the last 30).
- SvelteKit
- Svelte
- Vite
- Convex
- Better Auth
240 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (92 in the last 30).
- Vite
153 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (27 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Vite
- Stripe
- Drizzle
98 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (25 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Better Auth
- Stripe
- Drizzle
- Neon
Website templates
See ranking →Landing pages, portfolios, blogs, docs and marketing sites you can start from.
244 commits by 14 contributors in the last 90 days (1 in the last 30).
- Astro
102 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (33 in the last 30).
- Astro
45 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (22 in the last 30).
- Astro
- Better Auth
36 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (8 in the last 30).
- Next.js
24 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (24 in the last 30).
- Next.js
24 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (8 in the last 30).
- Nuxt
AI agent starters
See ranking →Agent frameworks and templates: tool use, planning, and multi-agent workflows.
1356 commits by 9 contributors in the last 90 days (472 in the last 30).
- Vite
1347 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (242 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Neon
- node-postgres
48 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (23 in the last 30).
44 commits by 5 contributors in the last 90 days (30 in the last 30).
36 commits by 5 contributors in the last 90 days (6 in the last 30).
- FastAPI
- Streamlit
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
30 commits by 6 contributors in the last 90 days (24 in the last 30).
- FastAPI
Cybersecurity toolkits
See ranking →Defensive and testing toolkits, checked for how well they are maintained.
1368 commits by 5 contributors in the last 90 days (458 in the last 30).
- Vite
- Drizzle
219 commits by 6 contributors in the last 90 days (143 in the last 30).
134 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (43 in the last 30).
- Vite
54 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (15 in the last 30).
- Streamlit
36 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (2 in the last 30).
22 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (13 in the last 30).
Business tool starters
See ranking →CRMs, invoicing, admin panels, internal tools and other back-office apps to start from.
2103 commits by 56 contributors in the last 90 days (273 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Vite
- Stripe
- node-postgres
274 commits by 12 contributors in the last 90 days (129 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Supabase Auth
- Supabase
186 commits by 6 contributors in the last 90 days (105 in the last 30).
- React Router
- Vite
15 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (8 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Auth.js
- Drizzle
- Neon
- node-postgres
9 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (1 in the last 30).
- Vue
- Vite
5 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (2 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- SQLite
AI app starters
See ranking →Chat, agents, and model plumbing wired up and ready to extend.
54 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (21 in the last 30).
28 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (3 in the last 30).
23 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (7 in the last 30).
- Next.js
1 commit in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL (psycopg)
- Alembic
Vendor changelog's newest entry is dated August 18, 2026 (62 days ago).
- Next.js
83 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (16 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Supabase
Mobile starters
See ranking →Cross-platform app foundations.
901 commits by 7 contributors in the last 90 days (376 in the last 30).
- Vue
- Vite
59 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (22 in the last 30).
- Vue
- Vite
19 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (4 in the last 30).
- React Native
3 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (3 in the last 30).
- Expo
- React Native
15 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.
- Vite
12 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.
- Vue
- Vite
E-commerce starters
See ranking →Storefronts wired to a commerce backend, ready to sell.
6 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.
- Next.js
129 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (55 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Better Auth
- Stripe
- Drizzle
- Supabase
- Postgres.js
88 commits by 8 contributors in the last 90 days (5 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Vite
- Auth.js
- Stripe
- Drizzle
- node-postgres
22 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (3 in the last 30).
- Next.js
7 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (6 in the last 30).
- Astro
- Stripe
- Medusa
7 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (5 in the last 30).
- Next.js
OSINT toolkits
See ranking →Open-source intelligence toolkits and frameworks, checked for how well they are maintained.
184 commits by 11 contributors in the last 90 days (57 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- Vite
- FastAPI
154 commits by 6 contributors in the last 90 days (96 in the last 30).
- React Router
- Astro
- Express
102 commits by 7 contributors in the last 90 days (9 in the last 30).
31 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (8 in the last 30).
- Streamlit
11 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (11 in the last 30).
3 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (3 in the last 30).
- Flask
RAG starters
See ranking →Retrieval-augmented apps: ingestion, vector search, and grounded answers.
58 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (24 in the last 30).
17 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (6 in the last 30).
- Next.js
- FastAPI
- Supabase Auth
- Supabase
23 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (7 in the last 30).
- Vite
- FastAPI
1 commit by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (1 in the last 30).
33 commits by 5 contributors in the last 90 days (5 in the last 30).
No commits in 90 days; last commit 110 days ago.
- Vite
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