A collaborative, community-driven collection of web application starter templates — designed for learning, prototyping, and contributing to open source.
Whether you’re new to development or building your next project, this repo gives you real working examples to learn from and improve!
✔ A hub of runnable full-stack web app templates
✔ Beginner-friendly starting points using Python + Web fundamentals
✔ A place to practice contributing to open source
✔ A repo that grows with the community ✨
Each template is self-contained and teaches a different part of web development.
| Template | Description | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| FastAPI | Basic FastAPI backend app with example routes | ⭐ Beginner |
| More Coming Soon 🚧 | CRUD apps, API services, real-time apps, full-stack demos | ⭐⭐⭐ to ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
Want to create your own template? Open an Issue and propose it! ❤️
1️⃣ Fork this repository
2️⃣ Clone your fork (replace YOUR-USERNAME):
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/open-source-web-dev.git
cd open-source-web-dev3️⃣ Navigate to a template and read its README:
cd templates/FastAPI4️⃣ Follow the setup instructions in that template’s README 5️⃣ Run it locally — learn, build, and hack away! 🚀
We welcome contributions of all sizes:
- Add new routes or features to existing templates
- Create new templates (API, CRUD, real-time, frontend frameworks, etc.)
- Improve documentation and guide clarity
- Add code comments and examples
- Add tests and CI workflows
👉 Check out Issues for:
good first issuehelp wantedFastAPI
📌 Full step-by-step guide: → See: CONTRIBUTING.md
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Add first Python FastAPI template | ✔ Done |
| Add multiple template categories | 🔄 In progress |
| Add a CRUD demo with database | ⏳ Planned |
| Add automated testing & CI | ⏳ Planned |
| Add Docker deployment examples | ⏳ Future |
| Build a contributor-led template catalog | 🚀 Vision |
You can help shape the roadmap — join the Issues & Discussions!
If you like what we’re building:
- ⭐ Star the repo — helps others discover it!
- 🍴 Fork the repo — make your version and share improvements!
- 📝 Submit a PR — even small changes matter!
- 🗣 Share with someone trying to learn web dev!
Every contribution pushes this project forward 💪
This project is open-source under the MIT License — free for personal & commercial use.
This project is just getting started — and you can help define what it becomes! Let’s learn, build, and improve together. 🌱✨
Welcome to the community ❤️🚀