Pricing, in plain English.
Every tier includes the entire catalog. Tiers differ only in how many active deployments per starter you're allowed. Annual saves roughly two months a year against monthly.
Indie. One product, one founder. $290/yr — saves $58
- Entire catalog
- 1 deployment per starter
- Update notifications & diffs
- Subscriber-only docs
Small teams & in-house tools. $990/yr.
- Everything in Solo
- 3 deployments per starter
- White-label for in-house tools
- Priority support inbox
Client work, unlimited deployments. $2,490/yr.
- Everything in Studio
- Unlimited client deployments
- Reseller-friendly white-label
- SSO via GitHub orgs
Patches arrive on cadence. `git pull` to receive them.
When a CVE hits a dependency every starter uses, we patch the catalog and ship within days — not at your next manual audit. Advisories surface first in the source monorepo, propagate to every affected starter, and land in your inbox plus the in-product changelog. You merge on your schedule.
- Security patches across the catalog when an advisory lands
- Framework upgrades with tested migration paths
- A diff view in the in-product inbox before you pull
- Security notifications are non-unsubscribable; everything else is opt-in
Bootcamps, college programs, and paid-course authors. Multi-seat annual contracts, negotiated. Email education@forstarters.io with seat count and program details.
- Use the source commercially
- Modify it freely
- Brand it as your own
- Ship it to your customers
- Resell the source as-is
- Redistribute as a competing starter pack
- Sublicense the catalog
What's included — and what isn't.
- The whole catalog — every starter, full source.
- Per-subscriber git clone tokens issued by a GitHub App, rotating every 24 hours.
- Signed-zip downloads when git isn't an option.
- Update notifications when a starter ships a new version, with a diff view of what changed.
- Subscriber-only integration recipes — file-level walkthroughs for the most-asked backend swaps.
- Your hosting, backend, and domain costs.
- Stripe integration for your own product. Each starter ships a Stripe stub; you wire your account.
- Custom feature work or per-customer bug fixes on a fork.
- Analytics on your shipped product. The starter wires PostHog; the project and key are yours.
- Dedicated success manager, SLAs, or onboarding sessions.
Honest answers.
› When does it launch?
Soon. Drop your email on the waitlist and you'll get a note the day subscriptions open. No marketing in between.
› What does the subscription include?
Every starter in the catalog. The full source, the public spec, a hosted live demo, update notifications when versions ship, and the subscriber-only integration recipes.
› Is there a free trial?
No standing free tier — every starter is a subscriber asset. Evaluation runs on the public per-starter spec, the hosted live demo, and a 14-day money-back window on your first paid subscription. After 14 days, refunds are case-by-case.
› Can I use the source in commercial products and client work?
Yes. Use it commercially, modify it freely, brand it as your own, ship it to your customers. The Agency tier covers unlimited client deployments. You cannot resell the starters as templates or republish the catalog itself.
› What happens to my downloads if I cancel?
Anything you've already cloned keeps working in the products you've already shipped. Cancellation ends your right to new downloads and new deployments, not your right to keep running what's live.
› How do I get the source?
Each starter lives in its own private GitHub repo. After you subscribe, a GitHub App issues per-subscriber clone tokens. You can also download a signed zip if git isn't an option.
› How often do new starters ship?
Roughly one new starter or starter version every two to four weeks. RSS at /changelog/feed.xml once releases begin.
› Who keeps the starters current after I subscribe?
We do. When a CVE hits a dependency the catalog uses, we patch every affected starter and ship within days. Security advisories, framework upgrades, and routine version bumps all flow through the same release pipeline — you `git pull` to receive them. The security notification category is non-unsubscribable; everything else is opt-in.
› What if I need a refund?
Within 14 days of your first paid subscription, email billing@forstarters.io for a full refund — no questions. After 14 days, refunds are case-by-case.