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Frontenso 11ty Starter

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Updated: 20 Jul 2025
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Production-ready 11ty+Gulp+Webpack Starter that features Nunjucks, SASS, TailwindCSS (with JIT complier), and ESNext.

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Overview:

The Jamstack compatible 11ty Boilerplate is a starter template for web development projects. It uses 11ty and Gulp as the main tools and includes features such as Nunjucks HTML template engine, SCSS and TailwindCSS with JIT (Just-in-Time compiler), modern image formats (AVIF, WebP), image optimization, and live reloading. The template is flexible and can be used with any data source. It is easy to get started with this boilerplate by using it as a template for a new repository.

Features:

  • Component-based approach for organizing UI elements
  • Fast builds using Gulp and support for SCSS
  • Support for modern image formats (AVIF, WebP) with image optimization
  • No specific JS-framework dependencies, allowing the use of any framework
  • Live reloading for an efficient development workflow
  • Linters included for code quality assurance
  • Webpack configuration for most cases
  • Optional support for TailwindCSS with JIT (Just-in-Time compiler)
  • Optional TypeScript support using JSDoc notation

Installation:

To use the Jamstack compatible 11ty Boilerplate, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the “Use this template” button on the GitHub page to create a new repository from the template.
  2. Customize and configure the new repository according to your requirements.
  3. Install the dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
  1. Run the project for development with the following command:
npm run dev
  1. Open the development URL in your browser:
http://localhost:9000/
  1. To build the project for a production environment, use the following command:
npm run build
  1. To create a zip-archive of the build, use the following command:
npm run build-zip

Summary:

The Jamstack compatible 11ty Boilerplate is a comprehensive starter template for web development projects. It provides a component-based approach for organizing UI elements and includes support for modern image formats, image optimization, and live reloading. With no specific JS-framework dependencies, it allows flexibility in choosing the preferred framework. The boilerplate can be easily customized and configured for different project requirements.