Starter.place – Gumroad for Starter Repos
Hey HN! Starting a new project is so hard because before you actually get to building the idea itself, you have to search for tools and figure out how to piece them together. With starter.place, you can find proven starter templates/boilerplates/stacks that use the technologies you want and get to building right away. If you’ve made a starter repo you think others would find useful, you can immediately reach a wide audience without having to make your own site/app to sell it and advertise it by posting on starter.place. Just focus on building the starter all while earning from…
Starter.place – Gumroad for Starter Repos launched on February 22, 2023 with 53 votes, #1,223 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
In plain words
Starter.place is a marketplace for project starter templates and boilerplates. Developers can browse and purchase pre-configured project stacks built with specific technologies to accelerate project setup. Creators can sell their starter repositories directly on the platform without building separate sales infrastructure. Buyers gain access as GitHub collaborators, receiving ongoing updates and the ability to contribute improvements through issues and pull requests.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN! Starting a new project is so hard because before you actually get to building the idea itself, you have to search for tools and figure out how to piece them together. With starter.place, you can find proven starter templates/boilerplates/stacks that use the technologies you want and get to building…
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