Indie Thin Stack
The Remix Stack for deploying to Fly or simple Node server with authentication, testing, linting, formatting, etc.
Overview
Remix Indie Thin Stack is a lightweight Remix app that is designed to be used without the data layer. It is particularly useful for integrating with headless CMS. The stack includes various features and tools that facilitate app deployment, authentication, styling, testing, and more.
Features
- Fly app deployment with Docker
- Healthcheck endpoint for Fly backups region fallbacks
- GitHub Actions for deploy on merge to production and staging environments
- Email/Password Authentication with cookie-based sessions
- Styling with Tailwind
- End-to-end testing with Cypress
- Local third-party request mocking with MSW
- Unit testing with Vitest and Testing Library
- Code formatting with Prettier
- Linting with ESLint
- Static Types with TypeScript
Summary
The Remix Indie Thin Stack is a versatile and configurable app stack that offers a lightweight alternative for developers who want to integrate Remix with headless CMS. It provides convenient features for app deployment, authentication, styling, testing, and more. The stack can be customized and modified according to specific requirements by forking the repository and making changes. With detailed installation instructions and relevant code snippets provided, developers can quickly get started with building apps using this stack.
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