ottabase vs React Starter Kit (Kriasoft)
React Starter Kit (Kriasoft) ranks higher on current evidence: 14 commits by 4 contributors in the last 90 days (1 in the last 30).
| React Starter Kit (Kriasoft) | ottabase | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | A | B |
| Verdict | ActiveCurrent deps | Active1 major behind |
| Category rank | #9 | #29 |
| Model | Free | Free |
| Commits, 90 days | 14 | 180 |
| Contributors, 90 days | 4 | 1 |
| Last activity | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Listed price | Free | Free |
| Evidence source | Code | Code |
| Latest release | v0.4.0 | — |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Stripe SDK | 22.6.2 (latest 23.0.0) | — |
| Astro | 7.3.2 ✓ | — |
| Better Auth | 1.7.4 ✓ | — |
| Drizzle | 0.45.2 ✓ | 0.45.2 ✓ |
| React | 19.3.0 ✓ | 19.2.4 ✓ |
| Tailwind CSS | 4.3.3 ✓ | 3.4.19 (latest 4.3.3) |
| tRPC | 11.18.0 ✓ | — |
| TypeScript | 7.0.2 ✓ | 5.9.3 (latest 7.0.2) |
| Zod | 4.6.2 ✓ | 3.24.1 (latest 4.6.7) |
| Next.js | — | 16.1.1 ✓ |
| Framework | Astro, Vite | Next.js, Vite |
| Auth | Better Auth | — |
| Payments | Stripe | — |
| Database / ORM | Drizzle, Postgres.js | Drizzle |
| UI | Tailwind CSS | Tailwind CSS, Mantine |
| Resend, React Email | Nodemailer | |
| API layer | tRPC, TanStack Query, GraphQL, Hono | TanStack Query |
| Testing | Vitest | Vitest |
Evidence checked . ✓ = on the latest major version. "Claimed" = a version the vendor's public pages mention, not verified code. Evidence as of Oct 19, 2026. Rankings never depend on affiliate or paid status. Method.