# RickWong/react-isomorphic-starterkit

Create an isomorphic React app in less than 5 minutes

Repository: https://github.com/RickWong/react-isomorphic-starterkit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-isomorphic-starterkit
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, javascript, isomorphic, universal, nodejs, webpack, babel, best-practices, wonderful
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-11-03T11:44:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4206, "days_push": 3225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2303, forks 185 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.616877+00:00)

## What it is
A boilerplate starter kit for building isomorphic (universal) React applications with server-side rendering. It bundles React, React Router, Koa, Webpack, and Babel with hot module replacement into a single automated toolchain.

## Use cases
- bootstrap an isomorphic React app quickly
- set up server-side rendering for React
- learn how universal React rendering works
- get hot module replacement for both client and server
- start a React project with preconfigured webpack and babel

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made isomorphic React setup in minutes
- you need a teaching example of server-side React rendering
- you prefer an all-in-one npm-script-driven toolchain

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained starter with current React versions
- you want Next.js-style modern SSR tooling
- your project requires long-term support or recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ssr, web-framework, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: react, isomorphic, universal, starter-kit, webpack, babel, koa, hot-module-replacement, server-side-rendering, boilerplate, nodejs, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- RickWong/react-isomorphic-starterkit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.616877+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 2026-08-30T08:31:56.971851+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RickWong/react-isomorphic-starterkit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.616877+00:00, sha 28cfd8f96679)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-isomorphic-starterkit (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:31.820000+00:00, sha ce57e8c4797c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.