What is SvelteStarters?
A curated directory of Svelte & SvelteKit starter kits, boilerplates, and templates. Hand-picked, honestly reviewed. We exist so you can skip the research phase and start building with confidence.
The Svelte ecosystem is growing fast. New starter kits appear every week — some excellent, some abandoned, some barely functional. We created SvelteStarters to separate signal from noise. Every entry in this directory has been reviewed by a real person, not an algorithm.
We are not a marketplace. We do not take a cut. We simply document what exists, call out what is good, and flag what is not.
Curation criteria
Every starter in this directory must meet all five of these requirements to be listed.
- Built for Svelte. The starter must be built specifically for Svelte 4 or Svelte 5 / SvelteKit. Forks of React or Vue templates with a Svelte coat of paint do not qualify.
- Actively maintained. The repository or product page must show meaningful activity within the last six months. We re-check quarterly and delist starters that go dormant.
- Demo or documentation. The starter must include either a live demo URL or clear, navigable documentation. If a reviewer cannot understand what the starter does within five minutes, it does not get listed.
- License clarity for free starters. Free and open-source starters must state their license clearly in the repository. No license, no listing.
- Fair terms for paid starters. Paid starters must display clear pricing and a refund policy before purchase. We do not list products with hidden costs.
How starters get featured
Meeting the inclusion criteria gets a starter listed. Getting featured requires more. These are the four dimensions we evaluate.
Code quality
Modern Svelte patterns, proper TypeScript usage, sensible project structure, clean separation of concerns. We read the source.
Documentation
A thorough README, setup instructions that actually work, API references where relevant, and deployment guides. Completeness matters.
Maintenance velocity
Regular commits, responsive issue handling, dependency updates, and changelogs. We look at the pace and care of ongoing work.
Real-world evidence
Deployed production sites, community adoption, GitHub stars and forks as secondary signals. We favor starters that have been battle-tested.
Disclosure policy
Trust requires transparency. Here is how we handle potential conflicts of interest.
- Our own products are labeled. Any entry in the directory that is our own product or built by our team carries an Our Product badge. You will always know.
- Affiliate links are disclosed. When a listing includes an affiliate link, it is marked with an "Affiliate link" footnote. We only use affiliate programs from products we genuinely recommend.
- No inflated ratings. Our own products do not receive artificially higher ratings or more prominent placement. The same editorial criteria apply to every listing.
- Current relationships. svelteblocks.com is our sister product. If additional relationships develop, we will update this page.
Who is behind this
SvelteStarters is built and maintained by the team behind svelteblocks.com — a library of production-ready Svelte components. We build with Svelte every day, and we got tired of recommending starters via scattered bookmarks and DMs.
This directory is our attempt to give the Svelte community a single, trustworthy place to find starter kits. No SEO spam. No pay-to-play. Just honest curation.
Have questions, corrections, or feedback? We would love to hear from you.