Updates to the Gatsby Starters Library #33346
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What consitutes "Demonstrates best practices"? One of the thing I've commonly seen before is how "Gatsby fails to meet X on lighthouse scores" or is "slow for x", which from my experience is simply untrue. I always use the Would it be unreasonable to only permit 90+ (or whatever) on each score? From my perspective, a starter should always start "perfect" and it's the user's additions that have the potential to reduce those scores. |
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Perhaps there would be value in creating a small set of example (made "in house") starters that demonstrate what is referred to as "best practice" for the common kinds of site that one might wish to create. Lets say "blog", "brochure", "portfolio", "store" and perhaps a couple of others... These could be simply or generically themed (as past in-house themes have been) and would serve two purposes:
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For meI would just sayI liked the big library in Gatsby 3 . I was able to create some really cool sites and a variety of them to the pleasure of clients. In my opinion a big library of starters is the way to go |
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What I dislike most is, there are
and now they are all unavailable.
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I see the point and agree in general that starters should fulfill a certain baseline of quality. So, I see where you are coming from 👍 I myself maintain a starter that is currently unavailable. Are there updated docs on how to submit starters to the new library? I upgraded the project to v4 already. What else do I need to do? |
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It's a shame... I wanted to kick off a new project with some nice templates and the selection has become so limited :/ Why can't you mark the old templates as outdated or sth and give people some time to migrate? Or at least have a separate page with the old templates. And no, the huge YAML is not what we are looking for... I understand the quality concerns and it's really appreciated but for now, the starters page is unusable... I can not send people to the page to see different possibilities and for inspiration anymore. |
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Hearing a couple of distinct themes so far:
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It's too bad that all those starters have been taken down now. A lot of people like me just want to browse the gallery and pick some nice-looking starter to use immediately, rather than develop based on them following whatever best practices are. I understand that we want to clarify the scope of starters and thus remove those outdated ones, but it's really necessary to have such an awesome-list of website templates made with Gatsby. |
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Hi, I would like to submit a starter for consideration. I think I have met all the requirements (but please check) - it builds with the latest version of all packages, with a demo deployed to Gatsby Cloud: Is there anything else I need to do? |
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I have another Starter for Consideration Deployed to Netlify as Dimension V4. Repo I am Poor and Already Have A Starter on Gatsby Cloud and I Get only 1 free site, so to Netlify. Has all the Gatsby cloud prerequisites for Gatsby Cloud |
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IMO, what the community needs is no only the What I'm talking about is just like examples in Next.js: Want to use |
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It's a shame to lose 500 starters. I'm glad you created the link to the V3 starters to make them available. I was shocked when I saw such a limited # of starters. |
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What are the criteria for being listed in the library? In the case of blog starters, there are not many promotional channels, so I hope the community will be activated soon and it will be a place where can share the starter more freely. https://github.com/sungik-choi/gatsby-starter-apple I recently updated it to v4, so it would be nice to have a place to share it quickly. The wait is too long... |
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Hey all, providing an update on how to have your starter included in the Library. We recently re-opened submissions to the library! You can find a form to submit your starter(s), along with the criteria for being added, at this link: https://www.gatsbyjs.com/starters/submissions Our plan is to review and add the first batch of submissions we receive toward the second half of February, and then review new submissions on a rolling basis, every month or so. For those of you who have dropped your starter details in this thread, we'll follow up with you. In some cases, we'll ask you to re-submit your details via the submission form, as it asks for additional information not provided in the thread. Thanks again! |
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We wanted to provide a few updates on our intended direction for the Starters Library and hear your thoughts.
Historical Context
When we introduced the Starters Library, it served two functions:
As of this summer, nearly 500 starters appeared in the Starters Library, most of them developed by the community.
The Current Challenge
Since the Starters Library was first created, Gatsby has also grown enormously. With Gatsby 4, new rendering modes like DSG and SSR make more possible than ever. And alongside it, Gatsby Cloud has become the best place to build and host Gatsby sites.
These improvements have come with a tradeoff: one of the clearest pieces of feedback we've heard from developers is that it has become more difficult to find the right Starter for their next project. Here's what we've heard:
What We're Doing About It
Our goal is to make sure that every person that visits the Starters Library - whether they are just beginning their Gatsby journey or are kickstarting their next professional project - finds a Starter that meets their use case. We know that's an ambitious goal, given the spectrum of creative possibilities, but we're committed to pushing toward that horizon.
So, over the next few months, we're discussing some changes to the Starters Library to make it the best place to get started with a Gatsby project.
These are the improvements the Gatsby team currently has planned:
Underway:
In Fall 2021:
The most noticeable result of this change is that fewer Starters will appear in the Library, but people will be able to select any given Starter with confidence that it will work without initial maintenance.
In Fall 2021 and beyond:
What Do You Think?
We know this decision impacts you, our wonderful open-source community, and so we'd love to hear your thoughts on the changes we've planned so far.
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