Introduction

Welcome to AppLighter - the AI-ready full-stack Expo starter kit.

What is AppLighter?

AppLighter is a production-ready monorepo starter kit for building mobile applications with Expo. It comes pre-configured with everything you need to build, test, and ship mobile apps - including AI tooling integrations for rapid development.

Core Stack

AppLighter is built on these technologies:

  • Expo 54 - Cross-platform mobile development with React Native 0.81
  • Expo Router 6 - File-based routing for seamless navigation
  • gluestack-ui v3 - Copy-paste UI components with NativeWind styling
  • Vibecode DB - Frontend-first database client with multiple adapters
  • Hono - Lightweight API layer for webhooks and server-side logic
  • TanStack Query 5 - State management with offline persistence
  • NativeWind 4 - Tailwind CSS for React Native
  • Turbo - Monorepo build system for optimal performance

AI-Ready

What makes AppLighter unique is its focus on AI-assisted development:

  • Pre-configured Claude Code commands for generating screens, components, and tables
  • Cursor IDE configuration and rules
  • claude.md project context for AI understanding
  • Optimized codebase structure for AI pair programming

Getting Started

Ready to build your first app?

  1. Follow the Installation Guide to set up your project
  2. Configure your Environment Variables
  3. Use AI Generation to rapidly build features

Created By

AppLighter is created and maintained by RapidNative.