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24 alternatives to React Starter Kit

Boilerplate and tooling for building "isomorphic" web apps

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. React Starter Kit launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Blueprint▲203

   A React UI toolkit for the web

   2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hacking with React▲73

   Hands-on introduction to making a web app using React.

   2016 · hackingwithreact.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   React Boilerplate 3.0▲370

   Offline-first, highly scalable foundation for your next app

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Quarkly▲184

   Design tool to create sites & web apps on React

   2020 · quarkly.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Learning React Native▲74

   Building Native Mobile Apps with JavaScript

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   React - 30: Getting Into React▲72

   We discuss how each of us came to React.

   2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Reapp▲89

   A new way to build hybrid apps with React, Webpack, and JS.

   2015 · reapp.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Blockstack Create React▲86

   React starter kit for building Blockstack apps

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A front-end visual development tool for React applications▲178

   Webcodesk - Web App Builder for Create React App. Contribute to webcodesk/webcodesk-srv development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    React Storybook▲218

    Develop and design React components without an app.

    2016 · voice.kadira.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ReactCSS▲121

    The way CSS in React should be

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    MERN▲101

    Build isomorphic JavaScript apps using React and Redux

    2016 · mern.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Learning GraphQL and Relay▲78

    Build data-driven React applications with GraphQL and Relay

    2017 · packtpub.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Starter Kit▲206

    Curated resources for web developers and visual designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Render▲169

    React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ReactStartupKit▲64

    React codebase for building desktop and mobile apps quickly

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Yet another Starter kit for React Native▲9

    react,reactnative,mobile,javascript,productive,dev

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    React Color▲165

    A collection of color pickers from Sketch, Photoshop, Chrome

    2015 · casesandberg.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Web Starter Kit by Google▲79

    Boilerplate & Tooling for Multi-Device Development

    2014 · developers.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    You Got This! Zine: React Edition. By Glitch▲122

    A free, 24-page zine about making web apps with React.js

    2018 · blog.glitch.com · its alternatives →

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    Jumpsuit▲92

    A minimal React and Redux framework

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ultimate React App Starter▲78

    Brings a full-stack React.js web app to life in minutes

    2021 · reactapp.dev · its alternatives →

23. 23
    PoemKit▲82

    React toolkit for fast web design and development

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeSandbox▲21

    An online React editor with a focus on sharing

    2017 · codesandbox.io · its alternatives →

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