Pre-configured Minimal /
Build Awesome starters as of June 2026

Eleventy ecosystem offers a wide variety of starters.

Not sure where to begin? Start with a minimal template:
Repo Code size Direct dependencies Custom JS
Custom templates
Custom CSS
🌱 Micro-starters:
buildawesome-content-first The most subtle Eleventy v4 micro-starter for content-first sites ♻️ 2 pkgs using 11ty Blades ♻️ 0 using 11ty Blades ♻️ 3 files using Blades ♻️ 0 files 2 lines using Blades
buildawesome-micro-starters 7-in-1 starter for: [1] Blades CSS [2] Pico CSS [3] Simple CSS [4] Bootstrap CSS [5] Web Awesome [6] Liquid Templates [7] Tailwind CSS ♻️ 2 pkgs using 11ty Blades

Tailwind version requires +3 pgks		 ♻️ 0 using 11ty Blades ♻️ 4 files using Blades ♻️ 0 files 5 lines using Blades

Tailwind version requires 1 file ~20 lines
🌳 Other minimal starters:
@danurbanowicz/eleventy-netlify-boilerplate A template for building a blog with the Eleventy static site generator and Decap CMS ♻️ 7 pkgs 5-10 files 10-20 files ♻️ 1 file ~200 lines
@11ty/eleventy-base-blog A starter repository for a blog web site using the Eleventy static site generator 10-20 pkgs 5-10 files 5-10 files ♻️ 3 files ~300 lines
@mwdelaney/zeropoint A modern, opinionated, bare-bones website starter that gets you "up to zero" 10-20 pkgs 10-20 files 5-10 files ♻️ 3 files ~200 lines
⚠️ Not so minimal starters:
@ttntm/11ty-landing-page A simple landing page built with 11ty and Tailwind CSS ♻️ 7 pkgs 4 files ⚠️ tailwind.config.cjs ~1000 lines 10-20 files ♻️ 4 files
@matthiasott/eleventy-plus-vite ⚠️ 20+ pkgs 5-10 files 10-20 files ⚠️ 20+ files
@nhoizey/pack11ty 10-20 pkgs 10-20 files 10-20 files ⚠️ 30+ files
@adamstddrd/grease ♻️ 4 pkgs 10-20 files 10-20 files ⚠️ 20+ files
@madrilene/eleventy-excellent ⚠️ 40+ pkgs ⚠️ 30+ files ⚠️ 40+ files ⚠️ 40+ files
@scottsweb/elva ⚠️ 20+ pkgs ⚠️ 30+ files ⚠️ 20+ files 5-10 files
@rothsandro/eleventy-notes 10-20 pkgs ⚠️ 50+ files 10-20 files ⚠️ 30+ files
@googlechrome/starter-extended-blog ⚠️ 20+ pkgs ⚠️ 50+ files 10-20 files ♻️ 4 files
📦 Outdated starters:
@5t3ph/11ty-sass-skeleton ⚠️ 11ty v2
@surjithctly/neat-starter ⚠️ 11ty v1
@ixartz/eleventy-starter-boilerplate ⚠️ 11ty v0
@daflh/vredeburg ⚠️ 11ty v2
@5t3ph/11ty-netlify-jumpstart ⚠️ 11ty v2
@yinkakun/eleventy-duo ⚠️ 11ty v2
@tryghost/eleventy-starter-ghost ⚠️ 11ty v0
@11ta/11ta-template ⚠️ 11ty v2
@google/eleventy-high-performance-blog ⚠️ 11ty v2
@oak-harbor-kits/starter-kit-v4-eleventy ⚠️ 11ty v1