About the Planet Branch template
PlanetScale's signature branch-pink softens a dark schema-grey canvas, creating visual rhythm that serverless database engineers find immediately familiar. The accent bleeds into cards and buttons without overwhelming, a restraint that database-focused audiences respect. Route signups through custom domains so each campaign cohort builds its own referral leaderboard on branded URLs.
What the demo shows
The live demo on this page launches Schemafork, a made-up product we wrote to show the template with realistic copy: the headline reads “Branch your database like your code.” and the subhead says “Schemafork gives every feature branch its own copy-on-write database, so you can test migrations without touching production data.” Below it you see the signup form, a demo launch countdown and the share-to-climb referral panel exactly as a visitor would. Try the form: in the demo nothing is stored. When you use Planet Branch, you replace Schemafork with your own product name, headline, subhead and logo; the palette and motion come with it and every colour stays editable.
Design details
Planet Branch is a dark template: a near-black background (#0a0a0a), pale pink type (#fce7f3) and a vivid pink accent (#ec4899) on the join button, the countdown and the referral highlights. Body text sits at a 16.8:1 contrast ratio against the background, comfortably past the WCAG AAA threshold. Behind the copy the page animates with an animated commits layer, front and centre; visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get a still frame instead. Structurally it uses the Minimal layout, shared with 137 other templates, but the palette, the motion and the demo copy are Planet Branch's own.
- Background
- #0a0a0a
- Accent
- #ec4899
- Text
- #fce7f3
How it compares
Within Tech, Planet Branch stands out for its vivid pink accent on a near-black ground. If it is not quite right, Railway Purple is also dark but leans on a light violet accent and an animated commits layer (“Deploy track, purple rails”). Neon Serverless is also dark but leans on an emerald accent and circuit traces lighting up (“Postgres green spark”). Cloudflare Orange is also dark but leans on a vivid vermilion accent and an animated edge layer (“Edge orange, cool cloud”). All of them share the same signup, referral and analytics features, so switching later only changes the look.
Launch with Planet Branch in three steps
- Click “Use this template” and create a free account; Planet Branch is preselected in the page wizard.
- Replace the Schemafork demo copy with your product's headline and one-line pitch, pick a URL, and optionally set a launch date to show a real countdown.
- Publish and share the link. Every subscriber gets a personal referral link, and you watch signups and top referrers arrive in the dashboard.
