# phonegap/phonegap-start

PhoneGap Hello World app

Repository: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-start
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phonegap-start
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-06-24T12:25:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5783, "days_push": 800, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3457, forks 6377 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.541157+00:00)

## What it is
The official PhoneGap Hello World starter application, a template automatically downloaded by the PhoneGap CLI when creating new apps. It is based on the Apache Cordova Hello World app and serves as a minimal example of a hybrid mobile application.

## Use cases
- start a new phonegap mobile app
- learn how phonegap apps are structured
- example hybrid app with html and javascript
- template for cordova-based mobile development
- test phonegap build setup

## When to choose
- you are starting a new PhoneGap or Cordova project and want a minimal working template
- you want to learn the basic structure of a hybrid mobile app

## When to avoid
- you are building a production app and need a full framework or architecture
- you are not using PhoneGap or Cordova for mobile development

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: mobile-framework, boilerplate, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: phonegap, cordova, hello-world, starter-template, hybrid-apps, android, ios, javascript

## Member repositories
- phonegap/phonegap-start (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.541157+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 2026-08-29T18:37:29.378266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-start (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.541157+00:00, sha a65f4bc833b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.