Web Frontend

Default

TanStack Router

Modern type-safe router for React

React Router

Declarative routing for React

React + Vite

Client-routed React SPA powered by Vite

Vite (Vanilla TypeScript)

Framework-free TypeScript, HTML, and CSS powered by Vite

Vue 3 + Vite

Standalone Vue 3 SPA with first-class TypeScript support

TanStack Start

Full-stack React and Solid framework powered by TanStack Router

Next.js

React framework with hybrid rendering

Vinext

Next.js framework powered by Vite

Nuxt

Vue full-stack framework (SSR, SSG, hybrid)

SvelteKit

Full-stack Svelte framework for modern web apps

Solid

Simple and performant reactivity for building UIs

SolidStart 2

Vite-native full-stack Solid framework with SSR

Astro

Content-focused with Island Architecture

Qwik

Resumable framework with instant load times

Angular

Enterprise-grade TypeScript framework by Google

RedwoodJS

Opinionated fullstack (React + GraphQL + Prisma)

Fresh

Deno-native framework with islands architecture

No Web Frontend

No web-based frontend

Astro Integration

React

Full React component support (required for tRPC)

Vue

Vue 3 component support

Unavailable: tRPC requires React integration with Astro

Svelte

Svelte component support

Unavailable: tRPC requires React integration with Astro

Solid

SolidJS component support

Unavailable: tRPC requires React integration with Astro

None

Astro components only (no client-side JS framework)

Css Framework

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework

SCSS

CSS preprocessor with variables and nesting

Unavailable: 'daisyui' is not compatible with the 'scss' CSS framework. Compatible alternatives: tailwind.

Less

Backwards-compatible CSS extension

Unavailable: 'daisyui' is not compatible with the 'less' CSS framework. Compatible alternatives: tailwind.

PostCSS Only

Minimal CSS with PostCSS plugins

Unavailable: 'daisyui' is not compatible with the 'postcss-only' CSS framework. Compatible alternatives: tailwind.

styled-components

CSS-in-JS with tagged template literals for React

Unavailable: 'daisyui' is not compatible with the 'styled-components' CSS framework. Compatible alternatives: tailwind.

No CSS Framework

Plain CSS only

Unavailable: 'daisyui' is not compatible with the 'none' CSS framework. Compatible alternatives: tailwind.

Ui Library

Default

shadcn/ui

Re-usable components built with Radix and Tailwind

shadcn-svelte

Svelte components styled with Tailwind CSS

Unavailable: shadcn-svelte requires SvelteKit or Astro with Svelte integration. Compatible alternatives: shadcn-ui, daisyui, radix-ui.

daisyUI

Tailwind CSS component library

Radix UI

Unstyled, accessible UI components

Headless UI

Unstyled, accessible components by Tailwind Labs

Park UI

Beautifully designed components built on Ark UI

Chakra UI

Simple, modular React component library

NextUI

Beautiful, fast and modern React UI library

Mantine

Full-featured React component library

MUI

Popular React component library implementing Material Design

Ant Design

Enterprise-class React UI component library

Base UI

Unstyled components from MUI team (Radix successor)

Ark UI

Headless UI for React, Vue, Solid, and Svelte

React Aria

Adobe's accessible, unstyled UI components

No UI Library

Build custom components

App Platforms

Electron

Package compatible Vite frontends as cross-platform desktop apps

Unavailable: electron requires a compatible Vite SPA frontend. Compatible alternatives: pwa, tauri, wxt.

Tauri

Build native desktop apps

Capacitor

Ship compatible Vite frontends to iOS and Android

Unavailable: capacitor requires a compatible Vite SPA frontend. Compatible alternatives: pwa, tauri, wxt.

PWA

Make your app installable and work offline

WXT

Build browser extensions

OpenTUI

Build terminal user interfaces

WebMCP

WebMCP (Experimental)

No WebMCP

Skip browser-native tool registration

Backend

Hono

Ultrafast web framework

Elysia

TypeScript web framework

Express

Popular Node.js framework

Fastify

Fast, low-overhead web framework for Node.js

NestJS

Progressive Node.js framework for enterprise apps

Encore.ts

Type-safe backend with built-in infrastructure

AdonisJS

Full-featured MVC framework for Node.js

Nitro

Universal server framework (powers Nuxt)

feTS

TypeScript HTTP Framework with e2e type-safety

Effect

Effect-first service backend with layers and schema

Convex

Reactive backend-as-a-service

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Convex is currently not available with Astro

Fullstack Next.js

Use Next.js built-in API routes

Unavailable: Requires Next.js frontend

Fullstack Vinext

Use Vinext server routes

Unavailable: Requires Vinext frontend

Fullstack TanStack Start

Use TanStack Start's built-in API routes

Unavailable: Requires TanStack Start frontend

Fullstack Astro

Use Astro's built-in API routes with SSR

Fullstack Nuxt

Use Nuxt server routes and Nitro runtime

Unavailable: Requires Nuxt frontend

Fullstack SvelteKit

Use SvelteKit's built-in server routes

Unavailable: Requires SvelteKit frontend

Fullstack SolidStart

Use SolidStart's built-in server routes

Unavailable: Requires SolidStart frontend

No Backend

Skip backend integration (frontend only)

Runtime

Bun

Fast JavaScript runtime & toolkit

Node.js

JavaScript runtime environment

Cloudflare Workers

Serverless runtime for the edge

No Runtime

No specific runtime

Unavailable: Runtime 'None' only for Convex or fullstack backends

Api

tRPC

End-to-end typesafe APIs

oRPC

Typesafe APIs Made Simple

ts-rest

RPC-like client for REST APIs

Garph

Fullstack GraphQL Framework for TypeScript

GraphQL Yoga

Batteries-included GraphQL server with Pothos schema builder

Apollo Server

Schema-first GraphQL server for Node.js runtimes

Unavailable: Apollo Server is currently available for web frontends, not React Native

OpenAPI

REST endpoints with OpenAPI 3.1 and Scalar docs

Unavailable: OpenAPI is currently available for web frontends, not React Native

No API

No API layer (API routes disabled)

Validation

Zod

TypeScript-first schema validation (default)

Valibot

Smaller bundle alternative to Zod (~1KB)

ArkType

TypeScript-first validation, 2-4x faster than Zod

TypeBox

JSON Schema type builder for TypeScript

Typia

Super-fast validation via compile-time transform

Runtypes

Runtime type validation with composable validators

Effect Schema

Merged into the main effect package as effect/Schema

No Validation

Use Zod internally only (no additional library)

Effect Services

Effect Core

Add Effect services and layers to the selected stack

Effect Platform + SQL

Core plus Platform, browser/server adapters, SQL, and Vitest

None

No additional Effect services

Backend Utilities

Generated handlers, responses, and error helpers.

API Code Generation

GraphQL Code Generator

Generate typed GraphQL operations.

Unavailable: GraphQL Code Generator requires a GraphQL API selection.

openapi-typescript

Generate types from OpenAPI.

Unavailable: openapi-typescript requires the OpenAPI API selection.

Database

SQLite

File-based SQL database

PostgreSQL

Advanced SQL database

MySQL

Popular relational database

MongoDB

NoSQL document database

EdgeDB

Graph-relational database with built-in query builder

Redis

In-memory data store for caching and real-time data

No Database

Skip database integration

Orm

Drizzle

TypeScript ORM

Prisma

Next-gen ORM

Mongoose

Elegant object modeling tool

Unavailable: Mongoose only works with MongoDB

TypeORM

Traditional ORM with Active Record/Data Mapper

Kysely

Type-safe SQL query builder

MikroORM

Data Mapper ORM for DDD

Sequelize

Mature ORM with wide adoption

No ORM

Skip ORM integration

Unavailable: Database requires an ORM

Db Setup

Turso

Distributed SQLite with edge replicas (libSQL)

Cloudflare D1

Serverless SQLite-compatible database for Cloudflare Workers

Unavailable: D1 database setup requires Workers runtime. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

Neon Postgres

Serverless Postgres with autoscaling and branching

Unavailable: 'neon' database setup requires PostgreSQL. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

Prisma PostgreSQL

Managed Postgres via Prisma Data Platform

Unavailable: 'prisma-postgres' database setup requires PostgreSQL. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

MongoDB Atlas

Managed MongoDB clusters in the cloud

Unavailable: MongoDB Atlas setup requires MongoDB. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

Supabase

Local Postgres stack via Supabase (Docker required)

Unavailable: 'supabase' database setup requires PostgreSQL. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

PlanetScale

Postgres & Vitess (MySQL) on NVMe

Unavailable: PlanetScale setup requires PostgreSQL or MySQL. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

Upstash

Serverless Redis with REST API and global replication

Docker

Run Postgres/MySQL/MongoDB/Redis locally via Docker Compose

Unavailable: SQLite does not need Docker database setup. Compatible alternatives: turso, upstash.

Basic Setup

No cloud DB integration

Caching

Upstash Redis

Serverless Redis with REST API for edge and serverless

Redis

Self-hosted Redis via ioredis with the full command surface

No Caching

Skip caching layer setup

Search

Meilisearch

Lightning-fast search engine with typo tolerance and instant results

Bleve

Embedded, server-less full-text search for Go (no external service)

Typesense

Fast, typo-tolerant search with built-in vector search

Elasticsearch

Distributed full-text search and analytics engine for local or cloud deployments

OpenSearch

Open-source search and analytics suite for self-managed or managed clusters

Algolia

Hosted search API with instant results, typo tolerance, and analytics

No Search

Skip search engine setup

Vector Db

pgvector

Self-hosted Postgres + pgvector extension for embeddings and semantic search

Qdrant

High-performance open-source vector database for AI embeddings

Chroma

Lightweight open-source embedding database for AI applications

Pinecone

Fully managed serverless vector database for production AI

No Vector DB

Skip vector database setup

File Storage

AWS S3

Amazon S3 object storage - scalable and reliable

Cloudflare R2

S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees

Cloudinary

Image and media storage with transformations

Supabase Storage

S3-compatible object storage with signed URLs and RLS

No File Storage

Skip file storage setup

Auth

Better-Auth

The most comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript

Better Auth + Organizations

Better Auth with the Organizations plugin for teams and multi-tenant apps

Clerk

More than authentication, Complete User Management

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Clerk is currently supported with Convex, Next.js fullstack, or TanStack Start fullstack

Auth.js (NextAuth)

Open source authentication for Next.js

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Auth.js (NextAuth) is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js)

Stack Auth

Open-source Auth0/Clerk alternative with user management

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Stack Auth is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js)

Supabase Auth

Open-source Auth with Supabase platform integration

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Supabase Auth is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js or TanStack Start)

Auth0

Flexible identity platform for authentication and authorization

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Auth0 is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js)

WorkOS AuthKit

Enterprise auth with SSO, SCIM, organizations, and audit logs

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, WorkOS AuthKit is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js)

Kinde

Authentication, organizations, roles, and permissions for SaaS apps

Unavailable: In Better-Fullstack, Kinde is currently supported only with the 'self' backend (fullstack Next.js)

Passport.js

Strategy-based authentication middleware for Express applications

Unavailable: Passport.js is currently scaffolded for the Express backend

No Auth

Skip authentication

Bot Protection

Vercel BotID

Invisible bot detection for Vercel-hosted Next.js applications

Unavailable: Vercel BotID is only available for Next.js frontends

Cloudflare Turnstile

Privacy-friendly challenge with mandatory server verification

Unavailable: Cloudflare Turnstile is currently wired for React web frontends only

No Bot Protection

Skip bot protection setup

Rate Limit

Arcjet

Bot detection, shield, and rate limiting for API routes

Upstash Ratelimit

Redis-backed sliding-window rate limiting

No Rate Limiting

Skip rate limiting setup

Workspace Shape

Monorepo

apps/* + packages/* workspaces

Single App

Flat root app (no workspaces); thin self apps only

JavaScript Toolchain

Modular

Choose each JavaScript tool independently.

Vite+

Unified Vite, Vitest, Oxlint, Oxfmt, Rolldown, tsdown, and workspace runner (Beta).

Workspace Runner

None

Use package-manager workspace scripts only.

Turborepo

Task runner with remote caching.

Task runner with a project graph and caching.

Package Manager

npm

Default package manager

pnpm

Fast, disk space efficient

bun

All-in-one toolkit

yarn

Safe, stable, reproducible

Developer Environment

Dev Container

Generate a containerized editor environment.

Local Containers

None

Do not generate local container orchestration.

Docker Compose

Run project services in local containers.

API Gateway

None

Do not generate an API gateway.

Kong Gateway

DB-less gateway for containerized APIs.

Continuous Integration

None

Do not generate CI automation.

GitHub Actions

Repository CI for install, check, and build.

Web Deploy

Cloudflare

Deploy to Cloudflare Workers using Alchemy

Fly.io

Deploy globally with Fly.io edge platform

Railway

Deploy with Railway cloud development platform

Render

Deploy with Render's Blueprint and Docker builds

Unavailable: 'render' web deployment is not wired for the 'astro' frontend. Compatible alternatives: cloudflare, fly, railway.

Netlify

Deploy static and SSR frontends to Netlify

Unavailable: 'netlify' web deployment is not wired for the 'astro' frontend. Compatible alternatives: cloudflare, fly, railway.

Docker

Container-based deployment with Dockerfile

SST

Deploy to AWS with SST (Serverless Stack)

Vercel

Deploy to Vercel's edge network with zero config

None

Skip deployment setup

Server Deploy

Cloudflare

Deploy to Cloudflare Workers using Alchemy

Unavailable: Cloudflare server deploy requires Workers runtime with the Hono backend. Compatible alternatives: fly, railway, render.

Fly.io

Deploy globally with Fly.io edge platform

Railway

Deploy with Railway cloud development platform

Render

Deploy with Render's Blueprint and Docker builds

Netlify

Deploy Hono APIs with Netlify Functions

Unavailable: Netlify Functions server deploy requires Node.js runtime. Compatible alternatives: fly, railway, render.

Docker

Container-based deployment with Dockerfile

SST

Deploy to AWS with SST (Serverless Stack)

Vercel

Deploy to Vercel's edge network with zero config

None

Skip deployment setup

Examples

AI Example

AI integration example using AI SDK

Chat SDK Bots

Framework-specific Chat SDK bot example (Next/TanStack Start: Slack, Nuxt: Discord, Hono: GitHub review)

Unavailable: Chat SDK example is not compatible with the selected graph stack. Compatible alternatives: ai, tanstack-showcase.

Version Channel

Stable

Use Better Fullstack's curated pinned versions

Latest

Resolve current npm latest tags during scaffolding

Beta

Prefer beta, next, RC, canary, or alpha releases when available

Git

Initialize Git repository

No Git

Skip Git initialization

Install

Install Dependencies

Install packages automatically

Skip Install

Skip dependency installation

Frontend

Web Frontend

Astro Integration

Css Framework

Ui Library

App Platforms

WebMCP

Frontend Libraries

Backend & API

Backend

Runtime

Api

Validation

Effect Services

Backend Utilities

API Code Generation

Data & Storage

Database

Orm

Db Setup

Caching

Search

Vector Db

File Storage

Auth & Security

Auth

Bot Protection

Rate Limit

Product Features

Realtime & Jobs

AI

Observability & Analytics

Quality & Testing

Workspace & Tooling

Workspace Shape

JavaScript Toolchain

Workspace Runner

Package Manager

Developer Environment

Local Containers

API Gateway

Continuous Integration

Deploy & Scaffold

Web Deploy

Server Deploy

Examples

Version Channel

Git

Install