# mugnavo/tanstarter

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

Repository: https://github.com/mugnavo/tanstarter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tanstarter
Homepage: https://tanstarter.mugnavo.com
Language: TypeScript
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: boilerplate, drizzle, postgresql, router, saas, start, starter, tanstack, tanstack-router, tanstack-start, template, better-auth, starter-kit, shadcn-ui, tailwindcss, shadcn, tailwind, react, vite-plus, viteplus
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:06:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 52
- inputs: {"age_days": 740, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1292, forks 79 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:15.351015+00:00)

## What it is
TanStarter is a minimal, opinionated starter template for TanStack Start that scaffolds a full-stack type-safe React application with Drizzle ORM/PostgreSQL, Better Auth, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind CSS preconfigured. Projects are generated via the `pnpm create mugnavo` CLI and deploy through Nitro presets to targets like Netlify, Vercel, or Node.js.

## Use cases
- start a new tanstack start project
- react fullstack starter template with auth and database
- boilerplate for a SaaS app with better auth and drizzle
- type-safe react app scaffold with shadcn ui and tailwind
- starter kit for fullstack react with postgresql
- minimal alternative to next.js starter templates

## When to choose
- You are starting a new full-stack React app and want type-safe routing, server functions, auth, migrations, and UI components wired up from minute one
- You prefer a minimal foundation without the boilerplate you would delete anyway
- You want to deploy via Nitro presets to Netlify, Vercel, or a Node.js server
- You want a modern toolchain (Vite+, Oxlint, Oxfmt, Playwright e2e) already configured

## When to avoid
- You want a different UI framework than React or framework conventions from Next.js/Remix
- You need a batteries-included SaaS foundation with billing, admin panels, or multi-tenancy out of the box
- You require only fully stable dependencies - TanStack Start is in RC, Nitro v3 in beta, and Drizzle v1 in RC
- You use a database other than PostgreSQL

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, routing, auth, orm, ui-components, css-framework, ssr, e2e-testing
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: serverless
- tags: boilerplate, starter-template, tanstack-start, tanstack-router, tanstack-query, react, typescript, vite, drizzle-orm, better-auth, shadcn-ui, tailwindcss, postgresql, type-safety, fullstack, nitro, saas, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- mugnavo/tanstarter (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.351015+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:57:04.338770+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mugnavo/tanstarter (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.351015+00:00, sha 155e94e59321)
  - homepage: https://tanstarter.mugnavo.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:12:53.033117+00:00, sha 1541282e2ccb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.