# plopjs/plop

Consistency Made Simple

Repository: https://github.com/plopjs/plop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plop
Homepage: http://plopjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: plop, javascript, generator, cli
Last push: 2026-08-11T14:57:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 66, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4508, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 224, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7668, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.293193+00:00)

## What it is
Plop is a micro-generator framework for Node.js that generates files consistently from inquirer prompts and handlebars templates. Teams define generators in a plopfile so anyone can scaffold boilerplate code by typing `plop` in the terminal.

## Use cases
- generate react components from templates
- scaffold boilerplate files for my team
- create consistent file structures in a codebase
- build a cli code generator with prompts
- replace copy-pasting files when creating new modules
- enforce best-practice file patterns across a team

## When to choose
- your team repeatedly creates similar file structures and wants consistency
- you want a lightweight, simple alternative to Yeoman
- you prefer handlebars templates and inquirer prompts for scaffolding

## When to avoid
- you need full project scaffolding with complex dependency installation
- your project is not Node.js-based and you don't want a Node runtime
- you need IDE-integrated generators rather than a terminal tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, templating, developer-tools, boilerplate
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: scaffolding, code-generation, handlebars, inquirer, micro-generator, command-line, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- plopjs/plop (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.293193+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 2026-08-29T17:36:04.158883+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/plopjs/plop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.293193+00:00, sha 4ecb1c7f4d2b)
  - homepage: http://plopjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:07.430753+00:00, sha 06543f066428)
  - site_page: https://plopjs.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:07.440212+00:00, sha 7d64b116a32d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/plop (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:07.442882+00:00, sha 52f25520b1e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.