A collection of beginner-friendly boilerplate templates to jumpstart your next project.
launch-base is a growing library of simple, production-ready project starters to help beginners kick off their coding journey quickly.
Made for new developers, open-source newcomers, and hackathon builders who want to start with solid boilerplates — not blank folders.
| 🧱 Template Type | 🔧 Stack/Tools | 🔗 Folder Name |
|------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|
| Frontend | HTML, CSS, JS | `html-css-template` |
| Backend | Node.js (Express) | `node-api-template` |
| Backend | Flask (Python) | `flask-template` |
| Full Stack | Django | `django-template` |
| Frontend | React + Vite + Tailwind | `react-template` |
| Automation | Shell Scripts | `bash-template` |
| Blog | Static Markdown Blog | `static-blog-template` |
| REST API | JSON APIs (Flask/Node) | `api-template` |
✨ More templates coming soon! Got an idea? Contribute yours →
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Browse this repo and find the template folder that fits your needs.
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Download or clone the folder:
git clone https://github.com/HashSlap-Summer-of-Code/starter-templates cd starter-templates/react-template # or any other
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Follow the README inside each folder to get started.
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📦 Minimal boilerplate — no bloat, no unnecessary complexity
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📘 Clear structure and documentation
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🎯 Perfect for learning, hackathons, and open-source
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🔰 Great first-PR territory (easy to understand & extend)
Want to share your own starter?
# 1. Fork this repo
# 2. Create a new folder with your template
# 3. Add a README.md inside
# 4. Make a Pull Request 🚀
We welcome HTML/CSS, Node.js, Python, React, Rust, Go, automation scripts, and more!
Read the CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
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This repository is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more.
Made with 💙 by the HSSoC Community