# plexus/chestnut

Application template for Clojure + ClojureScript web apps

Repository: https://github.com/plexus/chestnut
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chestnut
Language: Clojure
License: EPL-1.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-06-23T20:16:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4392, "days_push": 1532, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1303, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.373860+00:00)

## What it is
Chestnut is a Leiningen template that scaffolds full-stack Clojure + ClojureScript web applications. It provides preconfigured live reloading, a browser-connected REPL, dev/prod/test builds, a Compojure backend, and a choice of React-based frontend wrappers.

## Use cases
- start a new clojure/clojurescript web app
- scaffold a fullstack clojure project with live reloading
- set up a browser connected REPL for clojurescript
- generate a reagent or re-frame app template
- deploy a clojure web app to heroku as an uberjar
- get a working clojurescript dev environment quickly

## When to choose
- starting a new full-stack Clojure/ClojureScript project from scratch
- you want a REPL-driven workflow with live reloading out of the box
- you want minimal, unopinionated boilerplate you can restructure freely
- you plan to deploy to Heroku or package as an uberjar

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained template with recent updates (last release 2022)
- you prefer modern tooling like shadow-cljs, deps.edn, or Figwheel-main
- you are building a backend-only Clojure service without a frontend
- you need a heavily opinionated, batteries-included framework

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, templating, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: jvm-scripting, browser
- tags: clojure, clojurescript, lein-template, figwheel, reagent, live-reloading, browser-repl, fullstack, project-template, boilerplate, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- plexus/chestnut (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.373860+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 2026-08-30T08:33:17.042240+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/plexus/chestnut (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.373860+00:00, sha 9a1059b5e9ed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.