nprapps/app-template resource
The NPR visuals team's opinionated project template for client-side apps. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5040
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2640
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1590 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
NPR's visuals team opinionated project template for building client-side news apps served as flat files. It bundles a Flask-based local renderer, LESS compilation, Google Spreadsheet copy-editing, and Fabric-based deployment to S3.
Use cases
- bootstrap a static news app project
- render html from data into flat files
- compile less to css for a client-side app
- deploy a static site to s3
- copy-edit content via google spreadsheets
- set up a newsroom project template
When to choose
- building editorial or news graphics as static sites
- you want an opinionated, battle-tested newsroom project skeleton
- deploying flat files to S3 with cron and fabric automation
When to avoid
- you need a generic, NPR-agnostic starter (NPR-specific code is intentionally kept)
- you use modern JS tooling rather than Python 2.7 / Fabric / LESS
- you need a dynamic server-side application
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
static-site-generator templating deployment cli web-development frontend developer-tools cms python cli news-apps project-template flask fabric less s3-deployment static-files npr editorial-graphics boilerplate nodejs macos
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nprapps/app-template · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7c48721184b1
- homepage: http://blog.apps.npr.org/2014/07/29/everything-our-app-template-does.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · f189accf25f3
- site_page: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use · fetched 2026-08-29 · c183732dd828
- site_page: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d30f5531da1
- site_page: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179881519/rights-and-permissions-information · fetched 2026-08-29 · c47883dbe91d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nprapps/app-template | main | 10 |
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