Create Better T Stack

Better-T-Stack is a modern CLI tool for scaffolding end-to-end type-safe TypeScript projects with the philosophy "roll your own stack: you pick only the parts you need, nothing extra." The MIT-licensed tool provides minimal templates with zero bloat, always using current stable dependency versions, offering complete freedom from vendor lock-in. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.

Better T-Stack is made by Amanvarshney01, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Amanvarshney01 has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.

The listing tags Better T-Stack with Tailwind, Drizzle ORM, Prisma and Full-stack. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.

Yes. The Better T-Stack page embeds its live demo from better-t-stack.amanv.dev, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.

The Better T-Stack listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.

Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/AmanVarshney01/create-better-t-stack), then follow the README. The Better T-Stack page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.

Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the Better T-Stack repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.

No. Better T-Stack is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.

Follow the deployment notes in the Better T-Stack README: the right host depends on its framework and any services it needs. The page's categories show what it is built for.

The Better T-Stack listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/AmanVarshney01/create-better-t-stack), and ask the author if there isn't one.

That depends on Better T-Stack's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.

Attribution follows Better T-Stack's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.

No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. Better T-Stack is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.

Amanvarshney01 supports Better T-Stack, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.

Yes. Once you clone it, Better T-Stack is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.

Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that Better T-Stack uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.

Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up Better T-Stack for you. Your files stay on your machine.

The collection has 21 other open source Drizzle ORM templates like Better T-Stack, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/drizzle-orm.

Amanvarshney01 has no other templates in the collection.

Yes. The 14 premium templates (Solaris, Reframe Labs, Spherule and Max and more) are built by shadcn.io and come with every Pro plan, if you want maintained code with a design file.