Using Search Templates Starter

The Search Templates Starter is a Preact-based starter template that provides a complete development environment for building custom search experiences with Nosto.

Why use Search Templates Starter?

Search Templates Starter allows you to build fully custom search implementations with modern development practices. You get:

• Full source code control with Git version management

• Modern development tooling including TypeScript, Vitest, and Storybook

• Local development environment with hot reloading and debugging

• Component library with pre-built, customizable search components

• Complete flexibility to modify any aspect of the search experience

This approach is ideal when you need advanced customization or when your development team prefers working with familiar local tools and workflows.

Get Started

To start developing with Search Templates Starter, you'll need Node.js 22+ and familiarity with React/Preact.

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