AI app starters
Chat, agents, and model plumbing wired up and ready to extend. Ranked by grade, then maintenance and dependency freshness. Method. Evidence checked .
| # | Kit | Grade | Verdict | Commits (90d) | Last activity | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LangGraph.js ReAct Agent template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 54 | Oct 15, 2026 | Free |
| 2 | LangGraph.js new project template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 28 | Oct 17, 2026 | Free |
| 3 | LangGraph Agent Chat UI | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 23 | Oct 15, 2026 | Free |
| 4 | fastapi-ai-starter | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 1 | Jul 31, 2026 | Free |
| 5 | AnotherWrapper | A | Steady · changelogCurrent deps · claimed | — | Aug 18, 2026 · changelog | Paid |
| 6 | LangChain + Next.js Template | B | Active1 major behind | 83 | Oct 12, 2026 | Free |
| 7 | ai-reliability-copilot | B | Active1 major behind | 32 | Oct 18, 2026 | Free |
| 8 | openchatbi | B | Active1 major behind | 14 | Oct 17, 2026 | Free |
| 9 | Perspective | B | Active1 major behind | 6 | Oct 13, 2026 | Free |
| 10 | Loomic | B | Active1 major behind | 4 | Sep 30, 2026 | Free |
| 11 | xiaozhi-esp32-server | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 143 | Oct 15, 2026 | Free |
| 12 | cookiecutter-mlops-package | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 6 | Oct 12, 2026 | Free |
| 13 | Cloudflare Agents Starter | B | Steady1 major behind | 17 | Jul 24, 2026 | Free |
| 14 | gpt-home | B | Steady1 major behind | 5 | Sep 13, 2026 | Free |
| 15 | MCP with Next.js (Vercel) | B | Steady1 major behind | 2 | Jul 30, 2026 | Free |
| 16 | kiwi-mem | B | SteadyDeps unknown | 32 | Sep 10, 2026 | Free |
| 17 | Vercel AI Chatbot | B | SlowingCurrent deps | 0 | Jul 8, 2026 | Free |
| 18 | unstract | C | Active2+ majors behind | 103 | Oct 16, 2026 | Free |
| 19 | Velobase Harness | C | Active2+ majors behind | 26 | Oct 15, 2026 | Free |
| 20 | Fragments (E2B) | C | Active2+ majors behind | 10 | Oct 13, 2026 | Free |
| 21 | better-chatbot | C | Steady2+ majors behind | 1 | Aug 17, 2026 | Free |
| 22 | AI Coding Starter Kit | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | Jun 3, 2026 | Free |
| 23 | useSAASkit | – | Not verifiableDeps unknown | — | — | Paid |
| 24 | MkSaaS | – | Not verifiableDeps unknown | — | — | Paid |
| 25 | ChatGPT Your Files (Supabase) | D | Slowing2+ majors behind | 0 | May 12, 2026 | Free |
| 26 | Gemini Chatbot (Vercel) | D | Slowing2+ majors behind | 0 | May 27, 2026 | Free |
| 27 | deep-research | D | Slowing2+ majors behind | 0 | Jun 18, 2026 | Free |
| 28 | OpenAI Realtime Agents | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jan 7, 2026 | Free |
| 29 | OpenAI Responses Starter App | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Dec 15, 2025 | Free |
| 30 | scrapecraft | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Dec 26, 2025 | Free |
| 31 | chatgpt-ai-template | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jan 22, 2025 | Free |
| 32 | snowChat | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Feb 16, 2025 | Free |
| 33 | create-llama (LlamaIndex) | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jul 16, 2025 | Free |
| 34 | gitemplate | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 26, 2025 | Free |
| 35 | agentcloud | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jul 21, 2025 | Free |
| 36 | Chatbot UI | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Jun 22, 2024 | Free |
| 37 | Vercel AI Chatbot (SvelteKit) | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Jun 6, 2025 | Free |
| 38 | Supabase AI Chatbot | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Jul 28, 2023 | Free |
| 39 | Coding Agent Template (Vercel) | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Feb 12, 2026 | Free |
| 40 | AI SDK Computer Use | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Mar 3, 2026 | Free |
| 41 | OpenAI Assistants Quickstart | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | May 30, 2024 | Free |
| 42 | AI SDK RAG Starter (Vercel) | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Oct 28, 2024 | Free |
| 43 | scira-mcp-chat | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Dec 11, 2025 | Free |
| 44 | OpenPlexity-Pages | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Feb 16, 2026 | Free |
| 45 | gpt-4-chat-ui | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Feb 16, 2026 | Free |
| 46 | telegramGPT | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Oct 28, 2024 | Free |
| 47 | tinykit | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Jan 9, 2026 | Free |
| 48 | Tambo Next.js Template | F | Archived1 major behind | 1 | Oct 6, 2026 | Free |
Paid kits with no public repository show "Not verifiable" until the vendor shares evidence. That is a gap in what we can see, not a judgment of quality.