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React Starter Kit

A full-stack React starter template with auth, billing, and database wiring, meant for Cloudflare Workers.

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Stars
23.7k
Forks
4.2k
Licence
MIT
Language
TypeScript
Last update
4 days ago
Type
Learning resource

What it is

React Starter Kit is a template repository you copy to start a web app that has a marketing site, a React app, and an API. It is set up around Cloudflare Workers, tRPC for type-safe calls between frontend and backend, and Drizzle ORM for the database. The README says it includes sign-in (email code, passkey, Google) and Stripe subscriptions, so you do not have to wire those up from scratch.

  • Start a new SaaS app with email sign-in and optional Stripe billing already set up
  • Run a marketing site, a React app, and an API together in one monorepo during development
  • Deploy the three apps to Cloudflare Workers using the documented secret and Terraform steps

Great for

  • Developers starting a SaaS-style web app who want a pre-built structure
  • Teams already comfortable with Bun, TypeScript, and Cloudflare Workers
  • People who want a working reference for tRPC, Drizzle, and Better Auth together

Not ideal for

  • Beginners new to React or TypeScript, since the monorepo has many moving parts (multiple apps, Terraform, service bindings)
  • People who need Node.js-based tooling, since the README says Bun replaces Node.js and npm
  • Projects that do not use Cloudflare, since deployment is described around Cloudflare Workers
Step-by-step guide: how to use React Starter KitInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs
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How to get it

  1. 1

    Clone and build from source

    You'll need: Bun v1.4+ · Cloudflare account (for deployment) · VS Code (recommended)

    Create your project from the template, then clone it

    git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-project-name.git

    Install dependencies

    bun install

    Copy environment defaults into a local file

    cp .env .env.local

    Start all apps in development mode

    bun dev
  2. 2

    Run it

    • Clone your generated repository and run bun install
    • Copy .env to .env.local and replace the placeholder values with real ones
    • Set DATABASE_URL in .env.local, then run bun db:push to create the schema
    • Run bun dev and open http://localhost:5173 for the React app
  3. 3

    Get the most out of it

    • Use bun db:studio to inspect the database through the built-in GUI
    • Set up Stripe only if you need billing; the README says all four Stripe secrets must be set together
    • Set RESEND_EMAIL_FROM to a verified domain before letting other users sign in
    • Use the merge-seed skill to pull in upstream template changes later

Downloads

Source code (.zip)main branch · straight from GitHubRelease v0.4.0Release notes and sourceOfficial website & docsreactstarter.com

Strengths

  • The README describes a single type contract from database to UI through tRPC and Drizzle
  • Includes a clear split of apps, packages, and database code in the monorepo layout
  • Actively maintained according to the recent push date and large star count

Trade-offs

  • Many required services to set up: Cloudflare, Neon PostgreSQL, Resend, and optionally Stripe and Google
  • The README says sign-in depends on a verified email domain, so a default setup will not work for other users
  • Requires Bun v1.4+ rather than Node.js, which may not match your existing environment

How it compares

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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.