Tools that pair with starter kits
Things you'll likely need after picking a kit. This page isn't a ranking: tools are listed alphabetically with a plain description, and we don't score them.
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Hosting and deployment
Where your kit runs once it leaves your laptop.
- DigitalOcean ↗
Cloud VMs (Droplets), managed databases, and App Platform for containerized apps.
- Railway ↗
Deploy apps, databases, and workers from a repo with usage-based pricing.
UI blocks and templates
Ready-made sections and components to drop into a kit's front end.
- Aceternity UI Pro ↗
Animated React and Tailwind components and templates.
- Creative Tim ↗
Dashboard and UI kits for React, Next.js, Vue, and Tailwind.
- Cruip ↗ · sponsored link
Tailwind CSS landing page and app templates.
- Material Tailwind ↗
Tailwind component library and Pro blocks in a Material style.
- Shadcnblocks ↗ · sponsored link
Pre-built shadcn/ui blocks and page templates.
- ThemeSelection ↗
Admin dashboard templates and UI kits for React, Next.js, Vue, and more.
Newsletters
For launch updates and changelogs once you have users.
- Beehiiv ↗
Newsletter platform with a website, referrals, and ads network.