Why Bones

Why Bones

Every app starts with the same six months of plumbing. Bones is those six months, already written, in a repo you own.

Bones is a monorepo you clone and build on. It isn't a generator and it isn't a hosted service. Every line is in your repo, and you can change any of it.

Each page covers one feature: the problem, what Bones does, and how it compares.

The features

FeatureThe problem it solves
AuthSign-up, sign-in, verification, and password reset, with the user table in your database
Roles and permissionsDeciding who can see and change what, without hardcoding role names
OrganizationsMore than one person working inside the same account
AdminManaging users, roles, flags, terms, and settings without touching the database
LoggingKnowing who changed what, and when
BloggingA blog that's fast, crawlable, and cheap to host
DocsDocs in the repo, changed in the same pull request as the code
EmailTransactional mail that renders everywhere and matches the product
ClientsOne backend serving a web app, a desktop app, and three public sites
Design systemOne brand across everything a user touches, email included
InternationalizationBuilt in from the start, on every surface, right to left included
AccessibilityThe public sites and every component story checked against WCAG 2.2 AA, in light and dark
SecurityProtections built into the code, and scanned on every pull request
CI/CDTests, builds, and scans on every pull request, for only what changed