API starters
Backends and services, ready to deploy. Ranked by grade, then maintenance and dependency freshness. Method. Evidence checked .
| # | Kit | Grade | Verdict | Commits (90d) | Last activity | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | python-django-template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 134 | Oct 16, 2026 | Free |
| 2 | NestJS Microservice Boilerplate API | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 111 | Oct 7, 2026 | Free |
| 3 | fastify-forge | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 48 | Oct 19, 2026 | Free |
| 4 | litestar-sqlalchemy-template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 38 | Oct 17, 2026 | Free |
| 5 | fastapi-sqlalchemy-template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 35 | Oct 17, 2026 | Free |
| 6 | nestjs-project-template | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 20 | Oct 12, 2026 | Free |
| 7 | aws-lambda-handler-cookbook | A | ActiveCurrent deps | 2 | Oct 18, 2026 | Free |
| 8 | fastapi-archetype | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 33 | Aug 22, 2026 | Free |
| 9 | fastapi-template | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 32 | Aug 29, 2026 | Free |
| 10 | django-starter-template | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 6 | Aug 25, 2026 | Free |
| 11 | express-boilerplate | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 5 | Jul 27, 2026 | Free |
| 12 | minimal-fastapi-postgres-template | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 4 | Aug 2, 2026 | Free |
| 13 | typescript-express-mongoose-starter | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 2 | Aug 30, 2026 | Free |
| 14 | telegram-bot-template | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 1 | Aug 13, 2026 | Free |
| 15 | FastAPI-boilerplate | A | SteadyCurrent deps | 1 | Sep 10, 2026 | Free |
| 16 | fastify-api-boilerplate-jwt | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 122 | Oct 16, 2026 | Free |
| 17 | django | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 11 | Oct 15, 2026 | Free |
| 18 | cookiecutter-spatial-data-science | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 1 | Oct 8, 2026 | Free |
| 19 | FastStart | B | ActiveDeps unknown | 1 | Oct 18, 2026 | Free |
| 20 | nest-turbo-starter | B | Steady1 major behind | 6 | Aug 17, 2026 | Free |
| 21 | NestJS Boilerplate (Brocoders) | B | Steady1 major behind | 4 | Aug 8, 2026 | Free |
| 22 | NestJS-GraphQL-TypeORM-PostgresQL | B | Steady1 major behind | 4 | Aug 19, 2026 | Free |
| 23 | nestjs-api-example | B | Steady1 major behind | 2 | Sep 6, 2026 | Free |
| 24 | nestjs-project-performance | B | Steady1 major behind | 1 | Jul 24, 2026 | Free |
| 25 | booking-microservices-expressjs | B | SteadyDeps unknown | 3 | Jul 28, 2026 | Free |
| 26 | Example | B | SteadyDeps unknown | 2 | Aug 5, 2026 | Free |
| 27 | FastAPI-Template | B | SlowingCurrent deps | 0 | May 7, 2026 | Free |
| 28 | simple_fastapi | B | SlowingCurrent deps | 0 | May 16, 2026 | Free |
| 29 | docker-express-postgres-boilerplate | B | SlowingCurrent deps | 0 | Jun 29, 2026 | Free |
| 30 | fenice | B | SlowingCurrent deps | 0 | Apr 30, 2026 | Free |
| 31 | NestJS Microservice Boilerplate (DDD/CQRS) | C | Active2+ majors behind | 10 | Sep 20, 2026 | Free |
| 32 | Awesome Nest Boilerplate | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | Jun 9, 2026 | Free |
| 33 | NestJS Boilerplate (Vivify Ideas) | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | May 23, 2026 | Free |
| 34 | FastAPI-template | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | May 5, 2026 | Free |
| 35 | nestjs-starter-rest-api | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | Jun 1, 2026 | Free |
| 36 | node-boilerplate | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | May 3, 2026 | Free |
| 37 | nestjs-starter | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | May 14, 2026 | Free |
| 38 | ever-api-starter-kit | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | Jul 19, 2026 | Free |
| 39 | fastapi-boilerplate | C | Slowing1 major behind | 0 | Apr 23, 2026 | Free |
| 40 | node-typescript-boilerplate | C | SlowingDeps unknown | 0 | Jun 30, 2026 | Free |
| 41 | cookiecutter-flask-minimal | C | SlowingDeps unknown | 0 | Apr 25, 2026 | Free |
| 42 | Base App NestJS | D | Slowing2+ majors behind | 0 | Jun 30, 2026 | Free |
| 43 | fastapi-boilerplate | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Jun 13, 2025 | Free |
| 44 | Discord-Bot-TypeScript-Template | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Apr 19, 2026 | Free |
| 45 | fastapi-boilerplate | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Jan 21, 2025 | Free |
| 46 | node-clean-architecture | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Jan 12, 2026 | Free |
| 47 | fastapi-ignite | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | May 17, 2025 | Free |
| 48 | node-express-modular-architecture | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Nov 12, 2024 | Free |
| 49 | node-server-template | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Dec 13, 2025 | Free |
| 50 | hono-boilerplate | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Jan 19, 2026 | Free |
| 51 | bootstrap-python-fastapi | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Jan 20, 2026 | Free |
| 52 | django-rest-framework-starter-template | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Feb 14, 2026 | Free |
| 53 | fastapi-production-template | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Oct 20, 2025 | Free |
| 54 | aiogram-starlette-template | D | DormantCurrent deps | 0 | Mar 10, 2025 | Free |
| 55 | Node Express Boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Aug 12, 2023 | Free |
| 56 | fastapi-clean-architecture | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Nov 3, 2024 | Free |
| 57 | nodejs-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Oct 27, 2023 | Free |
| 58 | node-express-mongoose-typescript-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Feb 27, 2025 | Free |
| 59 | typeplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jan 19, 2025 | Free |
| 60 | hono-starter | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Apr 25, 2025 | Free |
| 61 | nodejs-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Apr 20, 2024 | Free |
| 62 | django-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jan 13, 2026 | Free |
| 63 | GraphQL-Starter | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jun 2, 2024 | Free |
| 64 | express-sequelize-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Feb 3, 2026 | Free |
| 65 | nestjs-clean-architecture | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Oct 16, 2025 | Free |
| 66 | express-drizzle-postgres-starter | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | May 14, 2024 | Free |
| 67 | node-pg-sequelize-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jul 29, 2024 | Free |
| 68 | nodejs-express-jwt | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Sep 8, 2025 | Free |
| 69 | typescript-boilerplate | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Apr 10, 2026 | Free |
| 70 | express-typescript | D | Dormant1 major behind | 0 | Jan 31, 2026 | Free |
| 71 | cookiecutter-django-rest | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Dec 11, 2025 | Free |
| 72 | cookiecutter-fastapi | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Aug 25, 2025 | Free |
| 73 | worker-typescript-template | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Sep 20, 2024 | Free |
| 74 | fastapi-genesis | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Oct 5, 2025 | Free |
| 75 | booking-microservices-nestjs | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Oct 9, 2025 | Free |
| 76 | django-init | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 8, 2025 | Free |
| 77 | fastapi-forge | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 24, 2026 | Free |
| 78 | cookiecutter-fastapi-backend | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jul 21, 2025 | Free |
| 79 | cookiecutter-fastapi | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 23, 2026 | Free |
| 80 | deno_rest | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Feb 9, 2025 | Free |
| 81 | FastAPI-Boilerplate | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 6, 2025 | Free |
| 82 | flask-rest-hello | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Oct 24, 2025 | Free |
| 83 | create-fastapi-app | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jul 25, 2025 | Free |
| 84 | express-typescript-postgres | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Jan 31, 2026 | Free |
| 85 | uvicorn-poetry-fastapi-project-template | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Aug 6, 2025 | Free |
| 86 | vite-fastify-boilerplate | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Oct 7, 2024 | Free |
| 87 | cookiecutter-aiohttp-sqlalchemy | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Dec 24, 2025 | Free |
| 88 | nano-app | D | DormantDeps unknown | 0 | Nov 10, 2024 | Free |
| 89 | Ultimate Backend | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Sep 10, 2021 | Free |
| 90 | Practica.js | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Mar 9, 2025 | Free |
| 91 | Serverless-Boilerplate-Express-TypeScript | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Apr 7, 2025 | Free |
| 92 | express-ts-auth-service | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Nov 9, 2024 | Free |
| 93 | nest-http-boilerplate | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Dec 6, 2024 | Free |
| 94 | NestJS-Monorepo-Template | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Dec 15, 2025 | Free |
| 95 | API-template | F | Dormant2+ majors behind | 0 | Sep 30, 2024 | 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.