# yeoman/generator-webapp

A gulp.js generator for modern webapps

Repository: https://github.com/yeoman/generator-webapp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/generator-webapp
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: yeoman, gulp
Last push: 2024-01-30T08:49:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4595, "days_push": 946, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3742, forks 696 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.983849+00:00)

## What it is
A Yeoman generator that scaffolds a modern front-end web app with a gulp.js build pipeline. It includes Babel ES2015 transpilation, Sass compilation, autoprefixing, BrowserSync preview server, linting, source maps, and image optimization.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new front-end webapp project
- generate a gulp-based build setup for a web app
- bootstrap a static site with Sass and Babel
- set up a dev server with live reload for frontend work
- create a production build pipeline for a webapp

## When to choose
- starting a new vanilla JavaScript front-end project quickly
- you want an opinionated gulp build with Sass, Babel, and BrowserSync preconfigured
- you are already using the Yeoman ecosystem

## When to avoid
- building with a modern framework like React, Vue, or Angular that has its own CLI
- you prefer Vite, webpack, or esbuild over gulp
- you need a fully maintained, actively developed scaffolding tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: yeoman-generator, scaffolding, gulp, boilerplate, webapp, nodejs

## Member repositories
- yeoman/generator-webapp (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.983849+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 2026-08-29T18:29:06.405939+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yeoman/generator-webapp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.983849+00:00, sha 2ee65eac4245)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-webapp (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:46.470002+00:00, sha d27e3ae5ec75)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.