RepoStarter

The problem

Setting up a GitHub project by hand means typing out the same labels, issues and board columns every time, and the planning a good project needs is easy to skip.

Who it is for: Developers and small teams starting a new project on GitHub.

What we built

• +A gallery of 20 built-in templates, from a SaaS MVP to bug tracking, each with phases, labels and pre-written issues
• +Board generation into a new or existing repository that skips issues already there and reports anything GitHub refused
• +Custom templates built from scratch, edited from a built-in one, or imported from CSV or JSON
• +Sign-in with Google, GitHub or LinkedIn, and a free plan alongside a paid plan through Stripe
• +Installable on desktop and phone as a Progressive Web App

Engineering quality

• +The GitHub access token stays in an encrypted, HttpOnly session cookie and never reaches browser code or the database
• +Only an email address the sign-in provider has verified is accepted
• +Every custom template is checked against a full schema on the server before anything is created
• +Vercel BotID and rate limits on board generation, repository creation and sign-in
• +Automated axe accessibility tests to WCAG 2.2 AA, with secret scanning and static analysis on every change

Tech stack

• Next.js
• React
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Auth.js
• Octokit
• PostgreSQL
• Prisma
• Stripe
• Vercel