Show HN: I created over 300 TypeScript boilerplates in less than 1 week

[marcelthomas]

Hey HN,

I’m a dev who loves building side projects. However, whenever I want to use a boilerplate to help with the setup, I find that it never has the exact tech stack I want for the project.

ShipKit allows you to download a boilerplate with the following tech all set up for you:

- TypeScript - Astro, Next.js - React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Preact - Pre-built components for each framework - Drizzle, Prisma - Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, Neon, Turso - Lucia, Supabase, Clerk - Stripe - Resend - Tailwind, daisyUI - PostHog, Plausible - Node, Netlify, Vercel

All in, you get over 300 TypeScript boilerplates to choose from.

It’s saved me so much time when I start a new project, and hope it does the same for you.

Would love to hear your feedback!

Also, let me know what else you’d like to see in ShipKit.

[bearjaws]

Can someone explain to me why there are _SO_ many boiler plate projects being created in the last year? Why do you need 300 different boiler plates? I use one that I know very well and can build quickly in.

Like holy shit, Reddit is a cesspool of "SaaS boilerplates". It's like some influencer made a viral side hustle "Heres how I make $349,000 a day doing boilerplate side hustle".

Theres already great OSS options, I've been in love with https://github.com/CriticalMoments/CMSaasStarter but theres many for Vue and React as well.

[marcelthomas]

I think boilerplates are a great way to get projects started. The issue for me was that a lot of them don't always have my preferred tech stack. ShipKit is designed to give you more options. It lets you mix and match the technologies to create right boilerplate for your project.