# wellyshen/react-cool-starter

😎 🐣 A starter boilerplate for a universal web app with the best development experience and a focus on performance and best practices.

Repository: https://github.com/wellyshen/react-cool-starter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-cool-starter
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: redux, express, css-modules, react-router, webpack, react, redux-toolkit, unit-testing, boilerplate, typescript, es6, universal, react-hooks, performance, security, starter, server-side-rendering, jest, testing-library-react, code-splitting
Last push: 2023-03-05T22:19:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3656, "days_push": 1277, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1295, forks 232 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.518641+00:00)

## What it is
A feature-rich starter boilerplate for building universal (server-side rendered) web apps with React, Redux Toolkit, React Router, and Express. It bundles TypeScript, Webpack, Jest, React Testing Library, and modern tooling for a best-practice development experience.

## Use cases
- start a new server-side rendered React app
- boilerplate for universal JavaScript web application
- React Redux TypeScript project template with testing set up
- scaffold a web app with webpack and express
- learn best practices for SSR React apps
- starter kit with hot reloading and code splitting

## When to choose
- starting a new universal React app from scratch
- you want SSR, Redux Toolkit, TypeScript, and testing preconfigured
- you want a maintained, MIT-licensed template with production case studies

## When to avoid
- you use Next.js or another meta-framework instead of manual webpack setup
- you need a state management approach other than Redux
- you want a minimal template without opinionated tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ssr, web-framework, state-management, testing, build-tool
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, redux, typescript, webpack, express, starter-template, universal-app, code-splitting, boilerplate, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- wellyshen/react-cool-starter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.518641+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 2026-08-30T08:33:17.483845+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wellyshen/react-cool-starter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.518641+00:00, sha 9abe4e1e0dc3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-cool-starter (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:03.093554+00:00, sha 852d9711dad0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.