Best Minimal Starters as of Feb 2026

Repo Stats
npm Dependencies Custom CSS
Custom JS
Custom Templates
CMS Included?
/anydigital/bladeswitch

3 ♻️ 0 ♻️ uses pico.css & bricks[.css] 0 ♻️ uses eleventy-bricks ~15 lines ♻️ uses bricks[.liquid] Sveltia CMS
/anydigital/sveleven

~10 ~30 lines ♻️ uses tailwind & bricks[.css] 0 ♻️ uses eleventy-bricks ~10 lines ♻️ uses bricks[.njk] Sveltia CMS
/11ty/eleventy-base-blog

~10 ~300 lines ~200 lines ~200 lines
/MWDelaney/zeropoint

~15 ~200 lines ~300 lines ~250 lines not included, but documented
Not up-to-date:
/danurbanowicz/eleventy-sveltia-cms-starter

~10 ~150 lines ~130 lines ~250 lines Sveltia CMS
Not so minimal:
/scottsweb/elva

~25 ⚠️ ~1000 lines ⚠️ ~30 files ⚠️ ~20 files Front Matter CMS (local use only)
/madrilene/eleventy-excellent

~40 ⚠️ ~40 files ⚠️ Tailwind config for CUBE CSS ~40 files ⚠️ ~40 files ⚠️
/adamstddrd/grease

~5 ♻️ ~25 files ⚠️ ~15 files ~15 files
/nhoizey/pack11ty

~15 ~30 files ⚠️ ~10 files ~10 files