# react/create-react-app

Set up a modern web app by running one command.

Repository: https://github.com/react/create-react-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/create-react-app
Homepage: https://create-react-app.dev/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, zero-configuration, build-tools
Last push: 2025-02-15T01:32:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3699, "days_push": 565, "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 103281, forks 26914 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.725552+00:00)

## What it is
Create React App is a CLI scaffolding tool that bootstraps a modern single-page React application with a single command (npx create-react-app), hiding webpack, Babel, and ESLint configuration behind one build dependency. It is now officially deprecated and in long-term stasis, with the React team recommending migration to modern React frameworks.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new react app with one command
- set up a react project without configuring webpack or babel
- create a zero-configuration react single-page application
- bootstrap a react app for following a tutorial
- generate a react project with a preconfigured build setup
- quickly prototype a react app without build tooling decisions

## When to choose
- you are following an older tutorial or course built around Create React App
- you need to maintain or understand an existing CRA-based codebase
- you want a minimal learning environment for React fundamentals without framework complexity

## When to avoid
- starting any new production React project - it is deprecated and the React team recommends frameworks like Next.js or Expo instead
- you need server-side rendering, modern tooling, or active long-term support
- you require custom build configuration, since escaping the hidden webpack setup requires ejecting

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, build-tool, boilerplate, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli, windows
- tags: react, scaffolding, project-generator, webpack, babel, zero-configuration, single-page-application, deprecated, npm, javascript, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- react/create-react-app (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.725552+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 2026-08-29T16:12:28.430778+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react/create-react-app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.725552+00:00, sha 15b635f202a7)
  - homepage: https://create-react-app.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:32:55.412848+00:00, sha d3eca9d5ea74)
  - site_page: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-28T17:32:55.421751+00:00, sha ab9f2e028dad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.