Full-stack starters · Rank #2
Cove Stack
The Cove Stack: 🏝️ minimal TanStack Start template with Vite+, Better Auth, Drizzle ORM, shadcn/ui
Why this verdict
- 83 commits by 2 contributors in the last 90 days (27 in the last 30).
- On current major: Better Auth, Drizzle, React, Tailwind CSS.
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Auth better-auth | 1.7.6 | 1.7.6 | Current |
| Drizzle drizzle-orm | 1.0.0-rc.4 | 0.45.3 | Current |
| React react | 19.3.0 | 19.3.0 | Current |
| Tailwind CSS tailwindcss | 4.3.3 | 4.3.3 | Current |
| TypeScript typescript | 7.0.2 | 7.0.2 | Current |
Declared = lowest version the kit's package.json allows. Latest = npm "latest" tag. TypeScript and the Stripe SDK are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- TanStack Start, Vite
- Auth
- Better Auth
- 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
- AuthBetter Auth
Better Auth
- DataDrizzle ORM + PostgreSQL
Drizzle ORM + PostgreSQL
- TestingVitest and Playwright
The testing foundation uses Vitest and Playwright and is intentionally lightweight.
- UITailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui + Base UI (base-rhea, `--preset b1au68YWO`)
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (qwen3.5:4b) on Sep 26, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.
Maintainer? Add the badge
It updates automatically every time we refresh the evidence. Clicking it opens this page.
[](https://kitproof.dev/kits/cove/)