# PWABuilder

The simplest way to create progressive web apps across platforms and devices.  Start here. This repo is home to several projects in the PWABuilder family of tools.

Repository: https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pwabuilder
Homepage: https://docs.pwabuilder.com
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: pwabuilder, pwa, web-application, pwastudio, pwa-vscode, android, app-store, manifest, meta-quest, microsoft-store, oculus-quest, play-store, progressive-web-app, pwa-service-worker, pwa-starter, pwa-starter-kit, service-worker, windows, pwa-mainfest, vscode
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:03:09+00:00
Link (homepage): https://docs.pwabuilder.com

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4174, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3736, forks 398 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.857675+00:00)

## What it is
PWABuilder is a suite of tools from Microsoft for building, analyzing, and packaging progressive web apps (PWAs) for app stores like the Microsoft Store, Google Play, and Meta Quest. It includes a web-based packaging tool, a VS Code extension (PWA Studio), and an opinionated PWA starter template.

## Use cases
- package a pwa for the microsoft store
- convert my website into an installable app
- generate a web app manifest and service worker
- scaffold a new progressive web app project
- publish a web app to the play store
- test and audit my pwa quality
- build a pwa for meta quest

## When to choose
- you want to ship an existing web app to app stores without writing native code
- you need a production-ready PWA starter template with best practices baked in
- you want tooling inside VS Code for building PWAs

## When to avoid
- you need deep native platform APIs or hardware access beyond what web APIs expose
- you are building a fully native mobile or desktop application
- you need a non-web deployment target like embedded or console

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, ui-components, developer-tools, cli, boilerplate
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: pwa, progressive-web-app, service-worker, web-app-manifest, app-packaging, microsoft-store, play-store, vscode-extension, web-components, web-server, nodejs, android

## Member repositories
- pwa-builder/PWABuilder (main) score 67
- pwa-builder/PWABuilder-CLI (plugin) score 10
- pwa-builder/pwa-starter (examples) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.857675+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 2026-08-29T18:29:09.895437+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pwa-builder/PWABuilder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.857675+00:00, sha 58b1039b495e)
  - homepage: https://docs.pwabuilder.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:36.433544+00:00, sha 5c81e7821596)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.