# h5bp/html5-boilerplate

A professional front-end template for building fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

Repository: https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/html5-boilerplate
Homepage: https://html5boilerplate.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: html5-boilerplate, html5, robust, javascript, css, best-practices, html
Last push: 2026-08-20T23:26:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6065, "days_push": 13, "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 57602, forks 12260 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.561574+00:00)

## What it is
HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end starter template that bundles a best-practices index.html, main.css, server configs, and icons for building fast, robust web apps or sites. It is framework-agnostic and the product of over a decade of community iteration.

## Use cases
- start a new website with html5 best practices
- boilerplate template for a static web page
- kick-start a front-end project without a framework
- get recommended meta tags and base css for a site
- quick starter template for a web app

## When to choose
- you want a framework-agnostic, delete-key-friendly starting point for a site
- you want curated html, css, and server config best practices in one package
- you need a quick static site scaffold via npx create-html5-boilerplate

## When to avoid
- you want a full JavaScript framework with build tooling and component architecture
- you need a backend or full-stack starter
- you prefer an opinionated modern toolchain like Next.js or Vite scaffolding

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: boilerplate, templating, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: html5, starter-template, best-practices, css, front-end, boilerplate, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- h5bp/html5-boilerplate (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.561574+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 2026-08-30T08:30:57.564099+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.561574+00:00, sha 0a80e3051d7a)
  - homepage: https://html5boilerplate.com/ (fetched 2026-08-28T18:02:32.265489+00:00, sha 484be0c346e6)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/html5-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T18:02:32.273706+00:00, sha 886638e05f96)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.