Bulletproof React vs react-starter

Bulletproof React ranks higher on current evidence: no commits in 90 days; last commit 157 days ago.

Bulletproof Reactreact-starter
GradeDD
VerdictSlowing2+ majors behindDormant1 major behind
Category rank#76#101
ModelFreeFree
Commits, 90 days00
Contributors, 90 days00
Last activityMay 14, 2026Mar 1, 2024
Listed priceFreeFree
Evidence sourceCodeCode
Latest release——
LicenseMITMIT
Next.js14.2.5 (latest 16.4.2)—
TypeScript5.4.5 (latest 7.0.2)5.3.3 (latest 7.0.2)
Express4.19.2 (latest 5.3.0)—
React18.3.1 (latest 19.3.1)18.2.0 (latest 19.3.1)
Tailwind CSS3.4.3 (latest 4.3.3)3.4.1 (latest 4.3.3)
Zod3.23.4 (latest 4.6.7)3.22.4 (latest 4.6.7)
FrameworkNext.js, React Router, Express, ViteVite
UITailwind CSS, Radix UITailwind CSS, Radix UI
API layerTanStack QueryTanStack Query
TestingVitest, PlaywrightVitest
i18n—i18next

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