Cella
Cella is a narrow stack TypeScript template for building collaborative web applications with built-in sync engine, offline capabilities, and real-time synchronization.
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About
About Cella
The MIT-licensed template combines PostgreSQL database, Hono web framework, Drizzle ORM, Electric-sync for real-time sync, React, TanStack Router, and shadcn/ui components into a comprehensive starter for reactive applications. Built with TypeScript (97.3% of codebase), Node.js, and Docker support, Cella provides easy CLI-based project initialization with prebuilt authentication and data access systems ready for testing.
The template emphasizes developer experience with modern web technologies while offering offline-first architecture and collaborative features out of the box. Perfect for building collaborative tools, team applications with real-time updates, offline-capable web apps, or any project requiring synchronized data across multiple users and devices, Cella demonstrates how to combine modern sync engines with traditional web stacks for applications that work seamlessly online and offline while maintaining data consistency.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. Cella is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the Cella repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/cellajs/cella $ cd cella $ npm install $ npm run dev
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before you ship with Cella.
Cella is a narrow stack TypeScript template for building collaborative web applications with built-in sync engine, offline capabilities, and real-time synchronization. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
Cella is made by Cellajs, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Cellajs has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags Cella with React, Vite, Drizzle ORM, Full-stack and Templates & Themes. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The Cella page embeds its live demo from cellajs.com, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The Cella 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/cellajs/cella), then follow the README. The Cella 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 Cella repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. Cella 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 Cella README: the right host depends on its framework and any services it needs. The page's categories show what it is built for.
The Cella listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/cellajs/cella), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on Cella'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 Cella'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. Cella is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Cellajs supports Cella, 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, Cella 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 Cella 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 Cella for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 14 other open source Templates & Themes templates like Cella, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/templates-and-themes.
Cellajs 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.
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