Introducing Storyblok Blueprints: Your Smarter Start

Developers love to build. But getting started? That's often where momentum breaks down. Between wiring up frameworks, stitching together boilerplate, configuring CMS logic, and setting up deployments, you can lose hours, sometimes days, before you even see "Hello, world."

We've been there. And we know every minute matters when you're under pressure to deliver. That's why we're introducing Storyblok Blueprints – your fastest, smartest way to go from an idea to a running, production-ready project.

What makes Blueprints different?

Most starter kits look great until you try to use them for something real. They demo features and show off editors, but the moment you need to build an actual product with your own stack, integrations, and workflows, you're forced to rip them apart and start over.

Storyblok Blueprints aren't demos – they're foundations. Clean, modern, and designed for developers who want to move fast without giving up control.

With Blueprints, you can:

✅ Launch a fully structured project in minutes – guided setup through a UI that connects your space, GitHub repo, and Netlify or Vercel deployment.
✅ Pick your framework – Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, with more coming soon.
✅ Choose your starting point: Core Blueprint (a bare-bones flexible setup) or Business Blueprint (a polished, production-ready layout).
✅ Use your own stack: everything is modular, decoupled, and documented, so you never have to rewrite core logic just to fit your workflows.

Think of Blueprints as an accelerator kit that doesn't get in your way. No rigid templates. No bloated, opinionated code. Just a smart, scalable foundation aligned to best practices, so you can focus on what you do best: building.

Why it matters

Developers don’t work in isolation. According to our recent study, most frontend teams (40%) have between 4 and 10 people turning designs into code, yet over half of projects (53.5%) still take weeks to go from concept to launch.

Even getting started takes time: 24% say it takes them several days just to set up a new project and build the components they need. The biggest time sinks? Framework configuration (40%) and creating CMS models from scratch (34.5%).

And here’s what’s clear: 100% of developers use templates – some always, others occasionally – because starting from zero every time simply doesn’t scale.

Storyblok Blueprints are built for exactly this reality. They turn the slow, fragmented setup process into a faster, more structured starting point, with a full project, modern code, and best practices already in place.

• Save hours of manual configuration per project.
• Get reusable components, dynamic routing, and responsive layouts out of the box.
• Stay aligned with best practices from day one, avoiding long-term technical debt.
• Empower your team to move from blank slate to production-ready in record time.

This is how Storyblok redefines "developer-first." It's more than a starter kit, it's a launchpad.

The vision behind Blueprints

We're just getting started. We aim to make Blueprints the starting point for the largest ecosystem of best-practice projects, helping teams go from ideas to production faster than ever. Expect more frameworks, more blueprint types, and deeper integrations soon.

How to access Blueprints

Blueprints are available to all Storyblok users – no extra setup or special plan required. To get started, just click "Create a New Space" and select the Blueprint option. That's it – you're ready to launch.

Right now, you can choose between two starting points:

• Core Blueprint – A bare-bones, flexible setup ideal for developers who want full control. Choose from modern frameworks like Astro, Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Vue.js, Svelte, or Eleventy.
• Business Blueprint – A polished, production-ready layout built for teams and agencies. It includes Next.js, React Server Components (RSC), and a matching Figma design to help you move fast with confidence.

Both blueprints deploy to Netlify and Vercel right out of the box – so you're live in minutes, not hours.

What do you get with Blueprints?

After spending just 5 minutes on configuration through a few guided steps, you've launched a live website based on a Storyblok Blueprint.

You now have:

• A Figma file with the design.
• The frontend code already implemented.
• All content structures and components set up in the CMS.
• A deployed site on Netlify or Vercel, ready to share.

This isn't just a faster start. It's a fully working foundation to build on.

Want more good news? We're already working on more frameworks, blueprint types, and integrations to give you even more flexibility in the future.