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Cove Stack

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The Cove Stack: 🏝️ minimal TanStack Start template with Vite+, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, shadcn/ui

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Why this verdict

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  • 74 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (14 in the last 30). receipt ↗
  • On current major: Better Auth, Drizzle, React, Tailwind CSS. receipt ↗

Snapshot: commit 651bc89 on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:06 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.

Dependency freshness

PackageDeclaredLatestStatus
Better Auth better-auth1.7.101.7.11Current
Drizzle drizzle-orm1.0.0-rc.40.45.4Current
React react19.3.119.3.1Current
Tailwind CSS tailwindcss4.3.34.3.3Current
TypeScript typescript7.0.27.0.2Current

Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Database / ORM
Drizzle, Postgres.js
API layer
TanStack Query
Testing
Playwright

Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.

What the README says you get

  • Auth
    Better Auth integrationBetter Auth
  • Auth
    Auth middleware sampleSample middleware for enforcing authentication on server functions & API routes
  • Data
    Drizzle with PostgreSQLDrizzle ORM + PostgreSQL
  • Deploy
    Nitro deployment presetssupports many deployment presets like Netlify, Vercel, Node.js
  • Other
    Structured request loggingemits one structured event per request
  • Other
    Env schema validationkeeps the environment-variable contract in `.env.schema` and generates types from it
  • Other
    Auth schema regenerationRegenerate the auth db schema if you've made changes to your Better Auth config
  • Other
    Dependency upgrade scriptSelectively upgrade dependencies via taze
  • Other
    Lint and format scriptsRun Oxfmt and Oxlint, or both via `vpr check`
  • Testing
    Vitest unit testsruns the Vitest unit and local integration tests once
  • Testing
    Playwright e2e testsbuilds the app and runs the Playwright end-to-end tests
  • UI
    Tailwind and shadcn/uiTailwind CSS + shadcn/ui + Base UI
  • UI
    Dark mode toggleA theme toggle and provider for toggling between light and dark mode
  • UI
    shadcn/ui CLI scriptThe shadcn/ui CLI

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Oct 19, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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History

Sep 26, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.

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