Skip to content

Craft Kit —
Craft CMS Starter Kit – Fast, Modern & Production-Ready

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

✍️ CKEditor Builder

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

Read more

⚡ Datastar Search

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

Read more

🚀 Datastar Blog

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

Read more

🗺️ Datastar Map

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

Read more

✅ Datastar Todo List

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

Read more

Start Building — Not Configuring

👉 Get the Starter Kit on github