Freedom Stack
A full-stack Astro starter kit that feels freeing and is free. Ready for use, and even better when using Cursor's IDE.
Overview
The Astwoah Stack Starter Kit is an exciting new approach to web development, designed to make the process more approachable for newcomers while ensuring that experienced developers find it efficient and enjoyable. Built upon the Astro framework, this web stack combines essential tools and libraries that streamline development, allowing users to focus on creating functional and aesthetically pleasing web applications. With an emphasis on simplicity and cost-effectiveness, the Astwoah Stack aims to provide a solid foundation for anyone looking to launch their digital projects.
The stack is designed with a vision of enabling rapid development, effortless interactivity, and straightforward deployment. The thoughtful combination of technologies aims to reduce the complexity often associated with building modern web applications. By making fundamental web development practices more accessible and maintaining low financial overhead, the Astwoah Stack has the potential to redefine how developers approach their projects.
Features
- Astro Framework: A simple yet powerful metaframework for building web applications, optimizing for speed and performance.
- Tailwind CSS: Utilizes a utility-first CSS framework for quick and responsive styling without the clutter of traditional CSS methodologies.
- Daisy UI: A Bootstrap-like component library that enhances Tailwind CSS, offering pre-designed components that boost productivity.
- TypeScript Integration: Ensures type safety across the application, helping developers catch errors early and improving overall code reliability.
- AlpineJS: Provides state management and interactivity in a lightweight package, allowing for dynamic web applications without heavy frameworks.
- HTMX: Facilitates seamless HTML partials and snippets loading over the wire, enhancing the user experience with minimal overhead.
- Pocketbase Backend: An effortless backend solution that can be set up in minutes, making it perfect for indie hackers and startup projects.
- Cost-Effective: Designed with affordability in mind, ensuring that even those with limited budgets can maintain their projects efficiently.
- Astro
Astro is the all-in-one web framework designed for speed. Pull your content from anywhere and deploy everywhere, all powered by your favorite UI components and libraries.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Alpine.js
Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that simplifies the process of creating dynamic, reactive user interfaces on the web. It uses a declarative syntax that offers a higher level of abstraction compared to vanilla JavaScript, while being more performant and easier to use than jQuery.
- daisyUI
daisyUI adds classes to Tailwind CSS for all common UI components. Classes like btn, card, etc. This allows us to focus on important things instead of making basic elements for every project.
- PocketBase
PocketBase is an open-source backend consisting of embedded SQLite database with realtime subscriptions, built-in auth management, file storage, and an admin dashboard - all in a single portable executable.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.