Kickstart can refer to:
- kick start, the task of using the foot activated starter (the kickstarter) on a motorcycle
- Kick Start, an album by the English band The Lambrettas
- Kickstart (Amiga), the bootstrap of the Amiga computers developed by Commodore
- Kickstart (Linux), a network installation system for some Linux distributions
- Kick Start (TV series), a UK television series on motor bike competitions, and a spinoff computer game
- Yahoo! Kickstart, a professional network from Yahoo!
- Kickstarter, an online funding platform for creative projects
- Kickstart, Homes and Communities Agency funding programme for private housing in the UK
- "Kickstarts" (song), a song by Example
- KICKSTART, a charity association