AppLighter is a collection of 18 full-stack React Native + Expo templates designed as agent-ready foundations that AI coding assistants can extend without breaking architecture, design, or security. Each template ships with a production-grade frontend, a swappable backend (Vibecode DB – Supabase by default), and pre-installed slash commands for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor – so your agent spends time on your logic, not on plumbing.
What is AppLighter?
AppLighter provides pre-built, full-stack React Native application templates that combine a designer-vetted mobile frontend (iOS, Android, web) with a production-ready backend (Supabase, Drizzle, or Neon via adapter) and a bring-your-own-key AI layer. The input is a template from the catalog (e.g., taxi booking, food delivery, fitness); the output is a customizable app you own forever. Built by Sanket Sahu, creator of NativeBase (~25k GitHub stars) and founder of GeekyAnts, with ~14 years of React Native delivery experience.
Key Features
- Battle-tested backend – Supabase backends with Row-Level Security policies every table, edge functions wrapping all secrets, and rate-limited endpoints. No API keys leak into client bundles.
- Slash commands for AI agents – Six pre-installed commands (
/add-screen, /add-provider, /swap-backend, /audit-security, /rebrand, /ship) that scaffold, migrate, and debug your app. See the full toolkit.
- Designer-vetted UI – Every screen pixel-perfected by senior product designers with consistent design tokens, Reanimated motion, typographic hierarchy, and light & dark themes – not generic AI-shaped Tailwind.
- Swappable backend abstraction – Vibecode DB hides the backend provider; switch from Supabase to Drizzle or Neon with a single slash command, no app code changes.
- Agent-config files included – CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and .cursorrules committed, plus a plain-English architecture map and typed contracts at every API boundary.
- 18 production-shaped app templates – Covering taxi booking, fitness, e-learning, food delivery, real estate, AI travel planner, AI calorie counter, period tracker, chat & messaging, short video social, multi-vendor ecommerce, all-in-one marketplace, restaurant reservation, fashion store, grocery delivery, bus ticket booking, pet care & tracker, and weather.
- BYOK AI layer – Provider-agnostic AI integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, local models) with streaming, tool use, and token accounting – no keys in client bundles.
Who is it for?
- Solo developers & indie hackers – Skip the week of debugging agent-generated auth, RLS, and payment edge cases. Customize a template with your agent and ship in days.
- Agencies & freelancers – Grab a template Monday, customize Tuesday, demo Wednesday. The Team license covers unlimited end-products; juniors ship at senior speed.
- Startup teams – Don’t spend agent cycles on authentication, database policies, and payment plumbing – that’s solved. Focus agent time on your unique product logic.
What can you do with AppLighter?
- Ship a working demo by Friday – Choose a template (e.g., taxi booking), run
/add-screen to add a custom screen, /add-provider to plug in a new payment gateway, and /ship to build and submit to iOS and Android.
- Migrate backends without touching frontend code – Start with Supabase; later run
/swap-backend to switch to Drizzle or Neon – all app code remains unchanged.
- Run a security audit before launch – Execute
/audit-security to check for leaked keys, missing RLS policies, or weak edge function endpoints.
