# run-llama/create-llama

The easiest way to get started with LlamaIndex

Repository: https://github.com/run-llama/create-llama
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/create-llama
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-07-16T01:16:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 37/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 31, release rhythm 28, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 903, "days_push": 414, "days_rel": 414, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 99}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1489, forks 187 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.346136+00:00)

## What it is
Create Llama is a CLI scaffolding tool that generates full-stack LlamaIndex applications with a chat interface, RAG, and agent capabilities pre-configured. It supports Next.js (TypeScript) or Python FastAPI backends with shadcn/ui frontends and built-in data indexing.

## Use cases
- scaffold a llamaindex rag chatbot app
- create a full-stack ai chat application with nextjs
- build a fastapi backend with llamaindex
- set up an agentic rag project quickly
- generate a chat app that answers questions over my pdf documents
- bootstrap a llamaindex project with shadcn ui

## When to choose
- you want a ready-to-run LlamaIndex app with chat UI and RAG out of the box
- you need a quick starting point for agentic or data-analysis LLM applications
- you want to deploy a full-stack LLM chatbot to Vercel with minimal setup

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained control over project structure from scratch
- you are not using LlamaIndex or want a different LLM framework
- you only need a backend library without a generated frontend

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, rag, agent-framework, chatbot, boilerplate, llm-inference
- domain: large-language-models, chatbots, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: llamaindex, scaffolding, nextjs, fastapi, project-generator, create-llama, retrieval-augmented-generation, ai-agents, nodejs

## Member repositories
- run-llama/create-llama (main) score 37

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.346136+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 2026-08-30T04:33:41.996738+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/run-llama/create-llama (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.346136+00:00, sha c428b3e5423b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.