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RVTCS

React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase starter template for faster development

Library Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
rvtcs.vercel.app
Built by
KiNFiSH Farms

Bloat

99/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

RVTCS is a working, documented developer starter kit with an npm installer and a live docs site, but it was posted once in November 2023 and has been dormant for about three years. It is a free MIT-licensed bundle of widely available tools, so it has no revenue path and little to stop someone copying it.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Starter templates solve a real, minor problem for developers, but this one is free and MIT-licensed with no sign of a way to charge, and it competes with many similar boilerplates.

22/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Docs show a free MIT-licensed starter with no pricing, payments or accounts.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Pitched as a way to speed up development, with no monetisation mentioned.

    “RVTCS - x2 Your Dev Experience All you need to get started it just following the docs here. React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase what does it consist of ? ✅ ReactJS - a frontend framework for building User Interfaces ✅ Vite - Instant Server Start and far more ✅ Supabase - a alternative tool for firebase which can be used as BaaS ✅ Clerk - A tool for user management in your app like ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Nov 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

It is a combination of popular off-the-shelf tools that anyone could assemble in a weekend; there is no proprietary data, local depth or distribution advantage.

8/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The stack is React, Vite, Tailwind, Clerk and Supabase wired together, with an MIT license.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The creator describes it as an integration of existing tools, with nothing proprietary.

    “RVTCS - x2 Your Dev Experience All you need to get started it just following the docs here. React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase what does it consist of ? ✅ ReactJS - a frontend framework for building User Interfaces ✅ Vite - Instant Server Start and far more ✅ Supabase - a alternative tool for firebase which can be used as BaaS ✅ Clerk - A tool for user management in your app like ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Nov 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Only one post, on 2023-11-01, and no sign of shipping in the roughly 1,071 days since, so momentum is effectively nil.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 0 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 1071 days — scaled to 20%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “RVTCS - x2 Your Dev Experience All you need to get started it just following the docs here. React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase what does it consist of ? ✅ ReactJS - a frontend framework for building User Interfaces ✅ Vite - Instant Server Start and far more ✅ Supabase - a alternative tool for firebase which can be used as BaaS ✅ Clerk - A tool for user management in your app like ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Nov 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real, installable starter with an npm command, a GitHub repo and a live docs site exists, but it is thin and has no backend or operations of its own.

54/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://rvtcs.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    A working, installable starter with an npm create command, a GitHub repo and docs exists, but it is a thin template that was last updated in 2023 and was described by its author as old.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2023-11-01.

  • Operations4/15

    There is a documentation site with multiple sections and a public repo link, but no API, status page, accounts or backend of its own.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://rvtcs.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Docs give installation steps via an npm command and a GitHub repo, and list env setup.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. The creator calls it 'a kind of old project' and says more features are still to come.

    “RVTCS - x2 Your Dev Experience All you need to get started it just following the docs here. React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase what does it consist of ? ✅ ReactJS - a frontend framework for building User Interfaces ✅ Vite - Instant Server Start and far more ✅ Supabase - a alternative tool for firebase which can be used as BaaS ✅ Clerk - A tool for user management in your app like ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Nov 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. The docs site has Getting Started, Other Details and Deployment sections, and the page links to a GitHub repo.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  5. The crawler found no status page, accounts or payments.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It is distributed only on a free subdomain and the repo, has no revenue path, privacy or terms pages, or support contact, and the author has not kept the commitment to return.

15/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the posts or site shows paying customers or revenue; the project is free and open source.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment3/20

    The author promises to return and add Next.js support, but the only post is from 2023 and there are no further updates; the project has no dedicated community or team.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payments, pricing or paid tier found.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Promises future work 'as soon as I get back to commit mode', with no follow-up since.

    “RVTCS - x2 Your Dev Experience All you need to get started it just following the docs here. React + Vite + Tailwindcss + Clerk + Supabase what does it consist of ? ✅ ReactJS - a frontend framework for building User Interfaces ✅ Vite - Instant Server Start and far more ✅ Supabase - a alternative tool for firebase which can be used as BaaS ✅ Clerk - A tool for user management in your app like ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Nov 2023 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Version 1.0.1 is credited to a single author, and the page lists no team, community channel or roadmap.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · rvtcs.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)