# zce/caz

A simple yet powerful template-based Scaffolding tools.

Repository: https://github.com/zce/caz
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/caz
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: productivity, scaffold, scaffolding, boilerplate, starter-kit, template, caz, zce, generator
Last push: 2026-08-02T10:27:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3631, "days_push": 31, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2487, forks 777 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.606213+00:00)

## What it is
Caz (Create App Zen) is a lightweight, zero-dependency, template-based scaffolding CLI tool written in TypeScript, inspired by Yeoman and Vue CLI 2. It generates project boilerplate from local, GitHub, or remote ZIP templates with configurable prompts and extensibility.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new project from a template
- generate boilerplate starter kits for my team
- create apps from GitHub repo templates
- build a custom scaffolding tool like Yeoman but lighter
- bootstrap projects with interactive prompts
- use offline templates to generate projects

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, zero-dependency alternative to Yeoman
- you need template-based project generation from GitHub, local, or ZIP sources
- you want to create custom scaffolding tools quickly in Node.js

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured generator ecosystem with a large plugin marketplace
- your project scaffolding requires complex runtime logic beyond templates and prompts
- you are not working in a Node.js environment

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, boilerplate, templating
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: scaffolding, project-generator, template-based, starter-kit, yeoman-alternative, typescript, command-line, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- zce/caz (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.606213+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:01.628111+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zce/caz (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.606213+00:00, sha 01934f14ab47)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/caz (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:55.388338+00:00, sha 6242b8bfb8d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.