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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. ademers/craft-starter ActiveProject[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) ademers/craft-starter ===================== A Craft CMS starter project by Andrea DeMers. 1.4.4(3y ago)12423[5 PRs](https://github.com/ademers/craft-starter/pulls)MITPHP Since Nov 28Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ademers/craft-starter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ademers/craft-starter)[ RSS](/packages/ademers-craft-starter/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4d ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (10)Versions (24)Used By (0) Craft CMS 3.7.x Starter Project =============================== [](#craft-cms-37x-starter-project) A [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com/) starter project by [Andrea DeMers](https://andreademers.com). Content Management System (CMS) ------------------------------- [](#content-management-system-cms) - [Craft CMS 3.7.x Solo Edition](https://craftcms.com/) - [Craft CMS 3.7.x documentation](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/) Craft CMS Plugins ----------------- [](#craft-cms-plugins) - [Contact Form](https://plugins.craftcms.com/contact-form) - `fromName` field set to *required* via a custom Site Module - [Minify](https://plugins.craftcms.com/minify) - [Redactor](https://plugins.craftcms.com/redactor) - [SEOmatic](https://plugins.craftcms.com/seomatic) - [Sprig](https://plugins.craftcms.com/sprig) - [Vite](https://plugins.craftcms.com/vite) PHP Packages ------------ [](#php-packages) - [Craft Scripts](https://packagist.org/packages/nystudio107/craft-scripts) Front-end --------- [](#front-end) ### Build Tools [](#build-tools) - [Vite](https://vitejs.dev) ### CSS [](#css) - [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) - [Tailwind CSS Aspec Ratio plugin](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-aspect-ratio) - [Tailwind CSS Forms Plugin](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-forms) - [Tailwind CSS Typography Plugin](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography) - [Tailwind UI](https://tailwindui.com/) (*commercial license required*) ### JavaScript [](#javascript) - [Alpine JS](https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine) - [lazySizes](https://afarkas.github.io/lazysizes/index.html) Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - Craft CMS [server requirements](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html) - Craft CMS [control panel browser requirements](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html#control-panel-browser-requirements) - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) PHP dependency manager 1.3.0 or later Local Dev --------- [](#local-dev) This Craft Starter project is configured to use Craft Nitro 2.x as the local development environment. - [Craft Nitro 2.x](https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/) - PHP 8.0.16 for future compatibility with Craft 4. See [Upgrading from Craft 3](https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/upgrade.html) docs - MySQL 5.7.33. (May change to 8.x in near future) - [Craft Nitro 2.x Mailhog](https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/services/mailhog.html) for email - [Craft Nitro 2.x Redis](https://craftcms.com/docs/nitro/2.x/services/redis.html) for caching Installation ------------ [](#installation) 1. To create a new project, run `composer create-project ademers/craft-starter `, substituting `` with the path where Composer should create the project 2. Create a database as per the instructions in the [Craft documentation](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/installation.html#step-4-create-a-database) 3. Set up your web server as per the instructions in the [Craft documentation](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/installation.html#step-5-set-up-the-web-server) 4. Duplicate the `.env.example` file in the project root and rename it to `.env` 5. Run the Craft setup wizard `./craft setup` and answer the questions when prompted 6. Access your new Craft website from your web browser 7. Do a little dance 💃 Todo ---- [](#todo) - Prep for Craft 4. - Get [Vite critical CSS](https://github.com/nystudio107/rollup-plugin-critical) working with Craft Nitro - Get [Vite Favicon generation](https://github.com/khalwat/vite-plugin-favicon) working with Craft Nitro - Add a Craft custom site module as per [Enhancing a Craft CMS 3 Website with a Custom Module](https://nystudio107.com/blog/enhancing-a-craft-cms-3-website-with-a-custom-module) article - Update installation instructions to include Nitro & Packagist versions - Replace Vue.js with Alpine.js as default JavaScript framework - Add installation instructions License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License file](https://github.com/ademers/craft-starter/blob/develop/LICENSE.md) for more information ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community10 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~56 days Recently: every ~98 days Total 17 Last Release 1453d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1bd1b405dcb48b1a98a2ca69dfc80fe25b9eae6742063ee3bb481f5a93b729b2?d=identicon)[ademers](/maintainers/ademers) --- Top Contributors [![ademers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/901095?v=4)](https://github.com/ademers "ademers (331 commits)") --- Tags alpinejscraftcmscsshtmltailwindcsstwigvitejscmsprojectCraftcraftcms ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/ademers-craft-starter/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ademers-craft-starter/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ademers-craft-starter) ``` ### Alternatives [verbb/footnotes Adds a footnotes feature to CKEditor fields and Twig templates. 213.3k](/packages/verbb-footnotes) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)