I am building an open source starting kit to quickly build your MVP.

Hi All

I am building an open source project that will be the starting point for building an MVP. It can be used for a full blown SaaS, a social network or a landing page. Up to you.

Here is the repo: https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter

Here is the demo so far (very early days, doesn't "DO" anything yet): https://firestarter-three.vercel.app/

The idea is to have a default modern design, a fairly unassuming but professional looking basis for you to add your touches!

It will require coding to adapt this to what you need, but the idea is to make it fast to iterate on ideas.

With that in mind I have chose NextJS and Firebase, for hosting and backend respectively. This means you get a fast site at minimal cost with no servers to maintain.

I have chose TailwindCSS and some helper frameworks for that. Tailwind is a fast way to style your site once you get used to it, and I think it is the best CSS framework/library for fast app development, once the initial investment of getting used to it is made.

I also am looking to add low-touch automated testing. To test as much as possible without the tests being flakey or taking forever. I am using the react testing library, and am looking into a mock library for Firebase. Testing might seem to slow you down, but once the app gets complext enough it will save time by stopping some bugs getting in unnoticed.

Everything I am choosing I am choosing for a nice experience and speed.

If you are interested in using this, follow the updates on the repo

https://github.com/mcapodici/firestarter

or here on IH:

https://www.indiehackers.com/product/firestarter

Thanks

Martin