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Stop spending hours setting up every new Craft CMS project — Craft Kit gives you a clean, hypermedia-first baseline that's ready to build on.

Instead of wiring up Vite, Tailwind, Datastar and DDEV yourself, everything is already configured, structured, and production-ready. No JavaScript frameworks. No hydration. Just server-rendered HTML with **Datastar** handling the reactivity where it matters.

**It removes the repetitive setup work that every Craft project normally requires:**  
clean folder structure, component architecture, front-end tooling, dev environment setup and a complete example implementation of common patterns like Matrix Blocks, CKEditor components, search, maps and blog views.

- **Agencies** use it as a stable, maintainable base for new client projects.
- **Freelancers** use it to skip boilerplate and jump straight into building features.

If you want a modern, hypermedia-driven Craft CMS foundation that follows best practices out of the box, this starter kit gives you exactly that — without getting in your way.

 

 

## Built with modern tools and clean architecture

- ⚙️ 
    
     Craft CMS 5
    
     Latest version with flexible content modeling
- ⚡ 
    
     Vite
    
     Fast bundling and instant reloads
- 🧩 
    
     DDEV
    
     Reproducible local development environment
- 🚀 
    
     Datastar
    
     Lightweight, reactive frontend for dynamic UIs
- 🗺️ 
    
     Leaflet
    
     Interactive, data-driven maps with clustering and live filtering
- 🎨 
    
     Tailwind CSS
    
     Utility-first styling with CSS variables
 
 

## Showroom

## 🧱 Matrix Builder

Create flexible page layouts with a clean, modular Matrix structure. Perfect for editor-friendly, scalable content.

 

 [Read more](https://craft-kit.dev/matrix-builder) 

 

## ✍️ CKEditor Builder

Keeps editors fast and consistent — add structured components into CKEditor with one click.

 

 [Read more](https://craft-kit.dev/cke-builder) 

 

## ⚡ Datastar Search

Lightning-fast live search powered by Datastar. Instant results, reactive UI, and minimal JavaScript — fully Twig-first.

 

 [Read more](https://craft-kit.dev/search) 

 

## 🚀 Datastar Blog

A modern blog setup with live filtering, pagination, and instant updates — no page reloads, no heavy frameworks.

 

 [Read more](https://craft-kit.dev/blog-hypermedia-datastar) 

 

## 🗺️ Datastar Map

Interactive maps with dynamic markers, category filters, and clustering. All rendered directly in Twig with Datastar.

 

 [Read more](https://craft-kit.dev/map) 

 

## ✅ Datastar Todo List

Full CRUD, zero JavaScript framework. Powered by Craft CMS, Datastar, and HTML over the wire.

 

 [Read more](/hypermedia-todolist-craft-cms-datastar) 

 

 

 

 Start Building — Not Configuring

 [👉 Get the Starter Kit on github](https://github.com/handplant/craftcms-lazy-starter-kit)