AI-friendly Boilerplates
LAST VERIFIED AUG 24, 2026
Most boilerplate directories rank on GitHub stars and screenshots. This collection ranks on something nobody else measures: how well a codebase is set up for you to actually work in it with an AI coding agent. That means a CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md file, documented conventions instead of tribal knowledge, small enough files that an agent's context window can hold a whole feature, real type coverage end-to-end, and enough test coverage that an agent's changes can be checked automatically instead of by hand. A kit can be popular and still be a poor fit for agent-driven development - this list is specifically for people who plan to build with Claude, Cursor, or another coding agent as a daily collaborator, not just a one-off code generator.
13 kits - 6 free
IndieKit
Next.js 16 SaaS starter with a free MIT tier and closed-source paid Pro
from $79
Full-Stack AI Agent Template
A FastAPI + Next.js scaffold for building production AI agent products
hono-open-api-starter (w3cj)
A type-safe, fully documented JSON API starter built on Hono and OpenAPI
Achromatic
Paid Next.js 16 SaaS kit with orgs, Stripe credits, admin panel
MkSaaS
Next.js 16 SaaS kit with AI features and three payment options
supastarter
Commercial TypeScript SaaS kit, sold per framework as a one-time license
AI SaaS Starter Kit
A Next.js + FastAPI monorepo for shipping AI image-generation SaaS products
Shipixen
Generates a themed Next.js marketing site and MDX blog
Shipnative
An Expo/React Native boilerplate with RevenueCat paywalls, Supabase/Convex backends, and AI-editor-ready docs
nestjs-boilerplate (oNo500)
A NestJS + Next.js monorepo starter with enterprise-grade auth and audit logging
Svelteflare
A free SvelteKit + Hono SaaS starter deployed edge-first on Cloudflare Workers
Development Kit - Tauri Desktop SaaS Starter
A Tauri + Rust foundation for desktop SaaS apps with licensing and Stripe billing
TanStack Starter Kit
Paid TanStack Start SaaS kit with teams, roles, and Cloudflare deploy