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Introduction

The Architech

Stop Writing Boilerplate. Start Architecting.

Welcome to The Architech — the industrial-grade code generation platform that eliminates the Innovation Tax from modern software development.

The Problem: The Innovation Tax

If you're a developer, you know the pain. Studies show that developers spend less than 52 minutes per day on actual, valuable coding. The rest? Lost to the grind:

  • Boilerplate Archeology: Digging through old projects to find that one config file that worked.
  • Template Roulette: Cloning GitHub starter repos that are outdated before you even run npm install.
  • The New Project Grind: Starting from scratch, again and again, doing the same setup work you've done dozens of times.

This is the Innovation Tax — the 70-80% of developer time wasted on repetitive, non-creative work. Work that turns you from an architect into a plumber.

The Architech solves this.

Our Solution: Like shadcn/ui, but for your entire stack

You know shadcn/ui (opens in a new tab)? That brilliant philosophy of "copy the code, own the code"? We took that and applied it to your entire stack.

The Architech generates production-ready, maintainable code for:

  • Backend APIs (Next.js, Remix, or whatever you choose)
  • Authentication (Better Auth, Clerk, NextAuth)
  • Database & ORM (Drizzle, Prisma)
  • State Management (with our opinionated TanStack Query + Zustand core)
  • Testing & Quality (Vitest, Playwright, ESLint, Prettier)
  • Deployment (Vercel, Docker, AWS)

And you get the same benefit as shadcn/ui: you own every line of code. No black boxes. No vendor lock-in. Just clean, understandable, production-ready code in your repository.

The Supply Chain for Modern Software

Think of The Architech as the automated supply chain for software development:

All of this is powered by an intelligent CLI that understands dependencies, validates compatibility, and uses advanced techniques like Virtual File Systems to safely modify your code.

Two Layers: CLI + Marketplace

The Architech has a fundamental architectural separation:

Layer 1: The CLI (Generic Engine)

The CLI is a powerful, unopinionated code generation engine. It doesn't force any technology choices — it executes blueprints from marketplaces.

Layer 2: The Marketplace (Opinionated Modules)

A marketplace is a collection of modules following specific architectural patterns. We've built an official React marketplace as our reference implementation.

This separation means:

  • 🔧 The CLI works with any technology stack
  • 🎯 Marketplaces provide opinionated guidance
  • 🏢 Companies can create internal marketplaces
  • 🌍 Communities can build ecosystem-specific marketplaces

Our Official React Marketplace

We've built a React-based marketplace as our reference implementation. It embodies "Opinionated Core, Agnostic Edges":

  • Golden Core — Strong opinions on internal logic (TanStack Query, Zustand, React Hook Form + Zod)
  • Agnostic Edges — Total freedom on external interfaces (UI, database, framework, auth)

These are our marketplace's choices, not CLI limitations. You can create a Vue, Angular, or company-specific marketplace with entirely different opinions.

Learn more about our architecture →

Ready to Reclaim Your Time?

The Architech is open-source, modular, and designed for developers who demand control without sacrificing convenience.

Where to go next:

Built by pragmatic developers, for pragmatic developers.

Getting Started