# Hackathon Starter (SaaS boilerplates & starters)

> Hackathon Starter is a free, open-source SaaS boilerplate built with Bootstrap. A boilerplate for Node.js web applications. It has 35,251 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Start a project with npx degit sahat/hackathon-starter or clone the repository.

If you have attended any hackathons in the past, then you know how much time it takes to get a project started: decide on what to build, pick a programming language, pick a web framework, pick a CSS framework. A while later, you might have an initial project up on GitHub, and only then can other team members start contributing. Or how about doing something as simple as Sign in with Facebook authentication? You can spend hours on it if you are not familiar with how OAuth 2.0 works.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter |
| Built with | Bootstrap |
| Live demo | none listed |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 35,251 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Official | no |
| Category | SaaS boilerplates & starters |
| Latest release | 10.0.0 (Feb 9, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Get started

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit sahat/hackathon-starter my-site
cd my-site
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter.git my-site
```

Commercial use depends on the MIT license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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