# Initializr

HTML5 Boilerplate Build Tool

Repository: https://github.com/verekia/initializr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/initializr
Homepage: http://initializr.com
Language: Less
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-11-01T03:51:24+00:00
Link (homepage): http://initializr.com
Link (site_page): http://initializr.com/try.html

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5616, "days_push": 1401, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1426, forks 233 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.674257+00:00)

## What it is
Initializr is a web-based HTML5 templates generator that produces customizable starter projects based on HTML5 Boilerplate, with optional modules like Modernizr, jQuery, and Bootstrap. It exposes a builder API that assembles downloadable archives from configurable code snippet modules.

## Use cases
- generate an html5 boilerplate starter template
- scaffold a new html5 project in seconds
- download a customizable html5 template with jquery and modernizr
- create a responsive bootstrap starter project
- build a custom html5 boilerplate archive via api

## When to choose
- starting a legacy HTML5 Boilerplate-based project with old library versions
- studying how a module-based template builder API works

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the service officially retired at the end of 2017
- needing up-to-date versions of HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, or jQuery
- modern tooling workflows like npm-based scaffolding

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, build-tool, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: html5-boilerplate, project-generator, scaffolding, bootstrap, retired, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- verekia/initializr (main) score 32
- verekia/initializr-template (frontend) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.674257+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 2026-08-30T04:37:24.617701+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/verekia/initializr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.674257+00:00, sha 9d715be7c497)
  - homepage: http://initializr.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:49:07.302513+00:00, sha 27946fd218ac)
  - site_page: http://initializr.com/try.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:49:07.311645+00:00, sha 4d43cb88deee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.