# jhipster/generator-jhipster

JHipster is a development platform to quickly generate, develop, & deploy modern web applications & microservice architectures.

Repository: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/generator-jhipster
Homepage: https://www.jhipster.tech
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: angular, spring-boot, webpack, java, docker, yeoman-generator, generator, react, kubernetes, cloud, jhipster, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:13:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4699, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 54, "gap_med": 43, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22446, forks 4190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:32.626721+00:00)

## What it is
JHipster is a Yeoman-based development platform that scaffolds complete full-stack web applications and microservice architectures, combining Spring Boot (or Micronaut, Quarkus, Node.js, .NET) backends with Angular, React, or Vue frontends. It also generates cloud-native deployment configurations for Docker, Kubernetes, and major cloud providers.

## Use cases
- generate a full-stack Spring Boot + Angular application
- scaffold a microservice architecture with Docker and Kubernetes
- quickly bootstrap a modern web app with React or Vue frontend
- generate entities from a JDL model file
- create CI/CD and cloud deployment configs for a new project

## When to choose
- you want a production-ready full-stack Java web app or microservices scaffold in minutes
- you want opinionated best practices for Spring Boot with a modern JS frontend
- you need generated Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD infrastructure out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained control over project structure and tooling choices
- your stack is not Java/Spring Boot or the supported frontend frameworks
- you are building a small app where generated boilerplate is overkill

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: build-tool, web-framework, deployment, infrastructure-as-code, cli, boilerplate
- domain: web-development, microservices, cloud-computing, developer-tools, backend, frontend
- platform: jvm, cross-platform, cli, cloud
- tags: yeoman-generator, spring-boot, code-generation, scaffolding, full-stack, angular, react, vue, jdl, microservice-architecture, devops, nodejs, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- jhipster/generator-jhipster (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.626721+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 2026-08-29T16:57:10.320808+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.626721+00:00, sha 1f211dbc7c92)
  - homepage: https://www.jhipster.tech (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:52.545223+00:00, sha 1e917b8b3cc0)
  - site_page: https://www.jhipster.tech/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:52.554557+00:00, sha c21657e888d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.