# JetBrains/create-react-kotlin-app

Create React apps using Kotlin with no build configuration

Repository: https://github.com/JetBrains/create-react-kotlin-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/create-react-kotlin-app
Homepage: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/CRKA
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, kotlin, create-react-app, webpack, jetbrains-ui
Last push: 2023-01-31T16:52:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3376, "days_push": 1310, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2464, forks 121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:53.570397+00:00)

## What it is
A CLI scaffolding tool by JetBrains that creates React applications written in Kotlin with no build configuration. It sets up Kotlin, webpack, and IntelliJ IDEA configuration so developers can start coding immediately.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new React app written in Kotlin
- start a Kotlin/JS frontend project without configuring webpack
- try React with Kotlin wrappers quickly
- set up an IntelliJ IDEA-ready Kotlin React project
- build a production bundle for a Kotlin React app

## When to choose
- you want to build React frontends in Kotlin with zero build setup
- you prefer JetBrains tooling and IntelliJ IDEA integration
- you want to use Kotlin/JS packages like kotlin-react without manual config

## When to avoid
- you write your frontend in JavaScript or TypeScript
- you need a production-grade, actively developed toolchain
- you need fine-grained control over webpack or modern build tooling like Vite

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: kotlin, react, create-react-app, webpack, project-scaffolding, kotlin-js, nodejs

## Member repositories
- JetBrains/create-react-kotlin-app (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.570397+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 2026-08-30T02:29:15.449013+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JetBrains/create-react-kotlin-app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.570397+00:00, sha 63a3697c5c2d)
  - homepage: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/CRKA (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:47.136556+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/create-react-kotlin-app (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:47.144050+00:00, sha a0ef30237c98)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.