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title: "Craft CMS Boilerplate – Modern Starter Kit with Vite, Tailwind & Datastar"
date: 2025-10-01T15:05:00+02:00
author: webworker
canonical_url: "https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/"
section: Home
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A modern, production-ready Craft CMS Starter Kit with Vite, Tailwind, Datastar and DDEV — perfect for agencies and freelancers who want to build clean and fast Craft sites.

This starter kit helps developers quickly spin up clean and maintainable Craft CMS projects. It includes ready-made examples for Matrix Blocks, CKEditor integration, and Datastar Hypermedia-driven Blog, Map, and Search demos — all server-rendered, reactive, and built without JavaScript frameworks.

 

 

## 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

Build flexible page layouts using Craft’s Matrix field. Each component can be placed freely within the custom Grid Layout system.

 

 [Read more](https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/matrix-builder) 

  ## CKEditor Builder

Insert predefined components directly into CKEditor. A simple example of combining structured elements and rich text content.

 

 [Read more](https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/cke-builder) 

  ## ⚡ Datastar Search

Fast and lightweight search using Craft Datastar. Instant results, live updates, and minimal JavaScript.

 

 [Read more](https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/search) 

  ## 🚀 Datastar Blog

A dynamic blog built with Craft DataStar. Features live filtering, pagination, and instant content updates without page reloads.

 

 [Read more](https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/blog-hypermedia-datastar) 

  ## 🗺️ Datastar Map

Dynamic, data-driven maps built with Craft CMS, Datastar, and Leaflet. Features real-time marker updates, category filters, and clustering — all rendered directly in Twig.

 

 [Read more](https://craftkit.webslingers.com.au/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) 

  

 

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