# insin/nwb

A toolkit for React, Preact, Inferno & vanilla JS apps, React libraries and other npm modules for the web, with no configuration (until you need it)

Repository: https://github.com/insin/nwb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nwb
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: toolkit, react, preact, inferno, react-component, npm-module, webpack, babel, karma, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-15T17:20:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3949, "days_push": 564, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5535, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:22.048598+00:00)

## What it is
nwb is a zero-configuration build toolkit for React, Preact, Inferno, and vanilla JS web apps and npm modules, bundling Webpack, Babel, and Karma behind a single CLI. It is now officially deprecated and unmaintained, with Vite recommended as its replacement.

## Use cases
- scaffold a react app with no config
- build a react component library for npm
- set up webpack and babel without configuration
- run karma tests for a preact project
- bundle a vanilla javascript web module
- quick react prototype without tooling setup

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing legacy project already built with nwb
- you need a frozen, known-working webpack/babel/karma setup for an old codebase

## When to avoid
- starting any new React, Preact, or web project - use Vite instead
- you want actively maintained tooling or security updates
- you need modern features like ESM-native dev servers or Vitest integration

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, testing
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: react, preact, inferno, webpack, babel, zero-configuration, deprecated, npm-modules, nodejs

## Member repositories
- insin/nwb (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.048598+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 2026-08-29T17:55:44.213621+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/insin/nwb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.048598+00:00, sha 4d59f48d9999)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/nwb (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:19.410936+00:00, sha 1d70a53701eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.