Stack Picker

Built for individual coders. Answer a few questions and get one boring, industry-default stack — managed hosting, hosted auth when needed, free-tier path, and a starter prompt for your AI IDE. Not a comparison matrix.

13 project types · solo-first defaults · free tier paths

  1. Step 1

    Pick what you’re shipping

    Grouped by products, content, mobile, and tools.

  2. Step 2

    Refine only what matters

    Irrelevant selectors stay hidden for your project type.

  3. Step 3

    Copy the solo default

    One stack, free-tier path, don’ts, and a paste-ready prompt.

  1. 1Intent
  2. 2Refine
  3. 3Stack

What are you building?

Pick the closest fit. You get one recommended path — the boring default most solo builders should start with.

Products & SaaS

Apps with users, data, and ongoing features

Content & sites

Marketing, docs, and storefronts

Mobile & clients

Native-feeling clients beyond the web app shell

Tools & libraries

CLIs, APIs, packages, and extensions