# react-webpack-generators/generator-react-webpack

Yeoman generator for ReactJS and Webpack

Repository: https://github.com/react-webpack-generators/generator-react-webpack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/generator-react-webpack
Homepage: http://newtriks.com/2013/12/31/automating-react-with-yeoman-and-grunt/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-02-10T06:19:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4621, "days_push": 3491, "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 2847, forks 349 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.027990+00:00)

## What it is
A Yeoman generator that scaffolds React projects configured with Webpack, Babel (ES2015), ESLint, and Karma/Mocha testing. It serves as a base generator that other React+Webpack generators (e.g., for Redux or alt.js) can extend via composition.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new react project with webpack
- generate react components with tests preconfigured
- set up a react app with babel and eslint out of the box
- bootstrap a react webpack project with karma and mocha
- create a base generator for react webpack variants
- quickly start a frontend react project with sass or less support

## When to choose
- you need a quick React+Webpack scaffold in a legacy Node 4+ environment
- you want a base generator to compose your own Yeoman generators from
- you maintain or study older React tooling setups

## When to avoid
- starting a new React project today - the tool is unmaintained since 2017 and uses outdated React/Webpack versions
- you need modern tooling like Vite, Create React App alternatives, or current Webpack 5
- you need Flux/Redux support built in - it was removed in version 2.0

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: yeoman-generator, react, webpack, scaffolding, babel, es2015, nodejs

## Member repositories
- react-webpack-generators/generator-react-webpack (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.027990+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 2026-08-29T18:48:31.699296+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-webpack-generators/generator-react-webpack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.027990+00:00, sha 035a71bc5022)
  - homepage: http://newtriks.com/2013/12/31/automating-react-with-yeoman-and-grunt/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:55.441663+00:00, sha 89ac40a0e6df)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-react-webpack (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:55.450903+00:00, sha 938d1f460a35)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.