Boilerplates reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 133 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 27 posts to rank the best Boilerplates brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/nextjs, r/SaaS, r/reactjs, r/vim, r/django. Top-rated brands include ShipFast (4.7/5), GitHub (4.5/5), Vite (4.6/5).
Stats
Reviews133
Subreddits16
Posts27
Brands95
Products17
133 reviews from
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#1
ShipFast
4.7
(6)
"ShipFast already has over 4,200 buyers and a ton of great reviews. It’s definitely worth checking out as it includes payments, authentication, database, and even email marketing."
"ShipFast: I’ve used this recently for a SaaS project. It’s pretty comprehensive with built-in auth."
"ShipFast without a doubt. It's been built by Marc Lou, a successful indie maker, and has mails, payments, auth, db, SEO, customer support."
"I build my latest startups using ShipFast. It's pretty cool and saved a lot of time."
"I've seen many people succeed with the ShipFast boilerplate. It includes authentication, a database setup, and type-safe APIs."
"Yea ShipFast is pretty good."
#2
GitHub
4.5
(6)
"Here's another one https://github.com/fayazara/zooper"
"Is the best I've personally found"
"A great boilerplate for React projects!"
"Looking at vim-sensible and the new defaults.vim is a good idea."
"What you need is a guide, not someone else's vimrc."
"I've used this as a starting point few times."
#3
Vite
4.6
(5)
"I would go with Vite. There are several edits on this template like the version implementing redux toolkit which you can find on their site."
"Vite all the way"
"Vite is the answer . Amazing"
"Vite is the answer I think."
"So far Vite has been a perfect replacement for create react app for me."
#4
Vim
4.0
(4)
"Here is my recommendation
" enter the current millenium
set nocompatible
" enable syntax and plugins
syntax enable
filetype plugin on"
"Any boilerplate that you can comment each line with your own reason why you're using it. Copy-paste all you want as long as you understand what it does."
"My vimrc is based off of this guide. It's very clear and has some good basic ideas."
"I took someone else's .vimrc file and his suite of plugins that did 90% of what I desired and I studied it very closely and started documenting all its features."
#5
Shipfa.st
5.0
(3)
"Shipfa.st is pretty good. The stack is NextJS, Tailwind CSS, Mongo DB, Stripe, Mailgun etc. The documentation is awesome."
"Definetly try shipfa.st I have been using it myself for a long time and it saved me bunch of time."
"I have been using ShipFa.st for some time and it's been a game changer for me in the SaaS game. Billing, auth, emails easily sorted and lots of hours saved."
#6
MicroSaaSFast
5.0
(3)
"MicroSaaSFast is a Nextjs boilerplate that's like, tailor-made for launching micro SaaS stuff super quick."
"If you're lookin' to launch a micro SaaS or MVP in like no time, you gotta check out MicroSaaSFast."
"MicroSaaSFast. It's like Nextjs boilerplate on steroids – helped me whip up my side project in no time."
#7
BoilerplateHub
4.7
(3)
"Check out boilerplatehub.com. It's the best directory of Saas Boilerplate Starter Kits."
"Boilerplatehub.com is the best directory for boilerplates out there!"
"If you want to compare all the best boilerplates, check boilerplatehub. My personal favorite is Paralect ship."
#8
SaaSPegasus
4.7
(3)
"The support and slack community is amazing. Fantastic product and amazing value."
"If you’re a Python/Django dev you need to checkout Saaspegasus. Fully featured, cheaper than it should be, awesome support."
"Is a popular one but I don't think it has the admin stuff you need."
#9
SaaS Pegasus
4.3
(3)
"Another vote for Saas Pegasus. I've built multiple apps with it."
"Saas pegasus if you're using Python."
"SaasPegasus is great. Cory, the founder/creator, is also great."
#10
DigitalOcean
5.0
(2)
"Nothing comes to the surface except Do, when it comes about small, middle django project."
"If so, there's no better than Digital Ocean."
#11
LaunchYourApp
5.0
(2)
"For mobile apps you should checkout launchyourapp.dev It has all features like Authentication, Payments, AI Integration, etc"
"Try launchyourapp.dev it's an expo boilerplate, that has web and mobile support :)"
#12
Next Starter AI
5.0
(2)
"I tried the boilerplate called Next Starter AI and was really satisfied. It guided me through every step of the process."
"Next Starter AI has made it manageable for me. This boilerplate helped me streamline my workflow, saving me countless hours of trial and error."
#13
T3 Stack
4.5
(2)
"I recommend T3 stack, it’s really good. I built git.new/cascade, an open-source SaaS boilerplate with payments, analytics and other useful stuff."
"T3 saves quite a lot of set up time."
#14
Supastarter
4.5
(2)
"Check out supastarter.dev 🚀 It's a mature and production-ready boilerplate for SaaS apps!"
"I primarily use this for complete SaaS products, based on a monorepo, it has almost all the functional interfaces you need."
#15
Makerkit
4.5
(2)
"I’ve written an in-depth review of Makerkit as I believe it’s the best Saas starter kit out there at the moment."
"I currently use Makerkit with Remix + Supabase (and LemonSqueezy instead of Stripe)."
#16
Electron React Boilerplate
4.5
(2)
"I like electron-react-boilerplate and have used it for multiple apps. I've been doing all of my apps in Typescript, and erb makes that pretty easy."
"Electron-react-boilerplate isn't bad at all. It's been working great, and the build config makes packaging easier."
#17
DevVault
4.5
(2)
"It comes with the latest NextJS App Router, animated landing pages, Stripe, Resend for emails, and Convex for the database"
"I just released one: https://devvault.dev it uses NextJS App Router latest version + Stripe + Resend + Convex + landing page ready made for you."
#18
SaaS Starter Kit
4.0
(2)
"Https://www.saasstarterkit.com/ for a clean and feature rich boiler plate."
"Saas-Starter-Kit Saas-Kit-prisma."
#19
Rapid Boilerplate
4.0
(2)
"For rapid project validation, I would recommend https://www.rapidboilerplate.com/."
"It is a modular Next.js boilerplate, you only pay for the integrations you need."
#20
React Loadable
4.0
(2)
"Is convenient in that it only requires adding a single library to handle your code-splitting and chunk collecting."
"I’m a fan of react loadable."
#21
NuxtHub
5.0
(1)
"There's quite a few here too :) [Templates · NuxtHub](https://hub.nuxt.com/templates)"
#22
BCMS
5.0
(1)
"Great! Here are some well designed Nuxt starters for BCMS - https://github.com/bcms/starters"
#23
JHipster
5.0
(1)
"A cool project that brings together a number of frameworks into a convenient package, generates a very nice base to work with"
#24
Angular Spotify
5.0
(1)
"I've been obsessed with this."
#25
Railway
5.0
(1)
"I use railway (5$ free credit/month)"
#26
PythonAnywhere
5.0
(1)
"Pythonanywhere.com"
#27
Hetzner
5.0
(1)
"Hetzner is also worth checking out. It's the same price or cheaper and it's owned by an EU company."
#28
Linode
5.0
(1)
"I’ve had good luck with Linode as well."
#29
Manning Publishing
5.0
(1)
"Both excellent"
#30
Vue
5.0
(1)
"I‘m using Vue 3, Tailwind, Apollo GraphQL and Django with strawberry-graphql-django and it’s great."
#31
Django
5.0
(1)
"Can we just talk about how great Django and vue are together, it's my preferred stack."
#32
Tailwind
5.0
(1)
"Tailwind and postgres too ofc"
#33
STS10
5.0
(1)
"The biggest takeaway was Don't put any lines in your vimrc that you don't understand."
#34
Doug Black
5.0
(1)
"Don't put any lines in your vimrc that you don't understand."
#35
Mapbox
5.0
(1)
"Try mapbox, based on streetmap with decent tree tier"
#36
Kirimase CLI
5.0
(1)
"My favorite is the Kirimase CLI: https://kirimase.dev."
#37
Best Next.js Boilerplate
4.0
(1)
"The only boiler plate with stripe intégration :https://github.com/maher-naija-pro/Best-Next-js-Boilerplate."
#38
ixartz Next.js Boilerplate
4.0
(1)
"Next.js Boilerplate by ixartz on GitHub super helpful. It's got TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and testing utilities."
#39
OpenSaaS.sh
4.0
(1)
"I made a 100% free, open-source SaaS starter, OpenSaaS.sh with Stripe, Prisma, OpenAI, Auth, Mailgun or Sendgrid, Plausible or Google analytics."
#40
Next.js Boilerplates List
4.0
(1)
"You can filter the boilerplates on technologies you know here https://www.nextjsboilerplateslist.com/."
#41
Demo SaaS Under One
4.0
(1)
"I've made an open source boilerplate if you are interested: https://github.com/AliSiddique/demo-saasunderone."
#42
Boilerthing
4.0
(1)
"I’ve just released a free and open-source next.js boilerplate with auth.js, next-intl translations and many more features: https://github.com/boilerthing/boilerthing."
#43
Full Stack Kit
4.0
(1)
"Next.js https://www.full-stack-kit.dev/ a pretty good one. Features role based auth with Email, Google, Facebook, Github, HTML Email, i18n, admin panel."
#44
Create T3
4.0
(1)
"I use create t3 for all of my projects. Take cares of Auth, DB and type safe APIs."
#45
Themefisher Next.js Templates
4.0
(1)
"If you are still maintaining the directory and looking to add more quality Next.js templates, check out this https://themefisher.com/nextjs-templates."
#46
Flexy Next.js Template
4.0
(1)
"I want to recommend you try Flexy Nextjs Template Once - https://github.com/wrappixel/Flexy-admin-Nextjs-Free."
#47
ThemeSelection Next.js Admin Dashboard Templates
4.0
(1)
"You should definitely check out this Next JS Admin Dashboard Templates Free & Pro."
#48
StartupFast
4.0
(1)
"Check out https://startupfast.dev."
#49
Datopian Flowershow
4.0
(1)
"It's free and a nextjs template in essence even if it does not present that way"
#50
QuickStartJS
4.0
(1)
"I built one that's available for Next.js and SolidStart. QuickStart: https://www.quickstartjs.com/"
#51
NextRadar Next.js Starters
4.0
(1)
"Here is a curated list of Next.js starters"
#52
Create Next App
4.0
(1)
"Create Next App: The official Next.js boilerplate. It’s simple but a good starting point."
#53
Next.js Full-Stack Kit
4.0
(1)
"Next.js Full-Stack-Kit - Really good."
#54
Boiler-i18n Next.js
4.0
(1)
"I am using this one: Boiler-i18n-nextjs for translation ready NextJS boilerplate."
#55
Techajob Starter Kits and Templates
4.0
(1)
"Starter Kits and Templates at techajob.com are manually curated to ensure quality."
#56
CarlosZiegler Monorepo Template
4.0
(1)
"I created one with Supabase : monorepo-template."
#57
TheBinaryGuy Next Hono Lucia
4.0
(1)
"I just published one today: next-hono-lucia."
#58
Nextjsstarter
4.0
(1)
"Check this nextjs boiler plate directory."
#59
FastPocket
4.0
(1)
"I like using PocketBase and use fastpocket.dev my own boilerplate to setup stripe + pocketbase for all my side projects."
#60
Venefish
4.0
(1)
"Maybe check out this nextjs and firebase boilerplate Venefish."
#61
DheerajBudhiraja Express Boilerplate TS
4.0
(1)
"I have written one template with typescript and advance production requirements like Encryption, AWS S3, Redis queue and Cache, Authentication."
#62
Fless-lab Node TS Starter
4.0
(1)
"This is what you need node-ts-starter."
#63
mkosir TypeORM Express TypeScript
4.0
(1)
"Typeorm-express-typescript."
#64
SaaS Starter Kit Fastify TypeScript
4.0
(1)
"I have a fastify one, but its still Work In Progress. Also a nextjs one Saas-Kit-prisma."
#65
meraSaaS.com
4.0
(1)
"You can try meraSaaS.com found it easy to use and setup."
#66
StarterKitSaaS
4.0
(1)
"This site is recently built and listing many starter kits."
#67
Techajob Templates
4.0
(1)
"You can check out techajob.com all of the templates are manually curated to ensure only good one's are displayed."
#68
SaaSBold.com
4.0
(1)
"SaaSBold.com should also be worth a review from you."
#69
Zap-Start
4.0
(1)
"For webdev / NextJs / React try zap-start.com"
#70
Larafast SaaS Starter Kit
4.0
(1)
"If you are Laravel developer, try larafast.com - Larafast SaaS Starter Kit."
#71
Achromatic
4.0
(1)
"Most starter kits and boilerplates out there prioritize landing pages over functionality, leaving developers with lacking critical SaaS features."
#72
Best Boilerplates
4.0
(1)
"A completely free platform that lists the best boilerplates... chosen by the community itself!"
#73
OneMix
4.0
(1)
"OneMix by SaaS King if you know Remix."
#74
SaaS Boilerplates
4.0
(1)
"A curated platform for boilerplates and SaaS starter kits."
#75
SaaS UI
4.0
(1)
"I've used saas-ui.dev in the past. It's pretty comprehensive for supporting organizations, and has pretty good support over Discord."
#76
Electron Vite
4.0
(1)
"Currently I'm building my desktop app using electron-vite.org and experience was good."
#77
NestJS
4.0
(1)
"I think you are looking for something like NestJS. While it might be an overkill for smaller apps, it ticks all your boxes."
#78
Nx
4.0
(1)
"For everything JavaScript/ Typescript check out Nx."
#79
Creative Tim
4.0
(1)
"I’ve previously used creative tim. They have nice admins layouts free and premium."
#80
Express TypeORM JWT Boilerplate
4.0
(1)
"We use this boilerplate made by us as a base for every project we start in typescript."
#81
Node API Starter
4.0
(1)
"I built several production apps based on it after i was unable to find anything usable. It’s using mongo instead of mysql but it meets all your other requirements."
#82
Nuxt.js
4.0
(1)
"Personally, I would not use a boilerplate but Nuxt.js. It includes the backend and frontend in a unified project with minimal code."
#83
Vue Express Mongo Boilerplate
4.0
(1)
"I've used this as a foundation for a few projects after looking everywhere for a boilerplate template. It has authentication, websockets, signup process, and CRUD examples all baked in."
#84
Vue Enterprise Boilerplate
4.0
(1)
"Enterprise boilerplate."
#85
React
4.0
(1)
"Easy integration of React components into a front-end that is built from ASP.NET pages."
#86
Native Express
4.0
(1)
"It provides a clean starter structure that makes it super easy to add map components."
#87
YouTube
4.0
(1)
"Don't copy his vimrc completely, but definitely take ideas from it."
#88
Yeoman
4.0
(1)
"Look into yeoman, it‘s a handy tool that helps you generate boilerplates."
#89
Userfrosting
4.0
(1)
"I've used Userfrosting before, it's a PHP framework and it's easy enough to build a module to integrate Stripe subscriptions."
#90
tpope
4.0
(1)
"I think a good starting point is Tim Popes sensible.vim."
#91
thoughtbot
4.0
(1)
"Take a look at the thoughtbot vimrc file. It's well commented."
#92
Plasmo
4.0
(1)
"Try https://www.plasmo.com/ or https://crxjs.dev/vite-plugin first before jumping into other templates out there."
#93
SaaS Kit Prisma
4.0
(1)
"I created an open source one, you can use it if you need a boilerplate."
#94
Next.js Prisma Boilerplate
3.0
(1)
"Have a look at this, its a bit outdated but still there are parts that you can reuse: https://github.com/nemanjam/nextjs-prisma-boilerplate."
#95
BoringTemplate
3.0
(1)
"Www.boringtemplate.com"
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