# react-native-community/react-native-template-typescript

👾 Clean and minimalist React Native template for a quick start with TypeScript.

Repository: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-template-typescript
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-template-typescript
Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-template-typescript
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, typescript, jest, template, boilerplate
Last push: 2023-06-26T15:22:36+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": 3103, "days_push": 1164, "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 1890, forks 388 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:49.477095+00:00)

## What it is
A clean, minimalist React Native project template that scaffolds new apps with TypeScript and Jest via the React Native CLI. It is now deprecated since React Native 0.71 includes first-class TypeScript support in its default template.

## Use cases
- scaffold a react native app with typescript
- create a react native project using typescript template
- bootstrap a react native app with jest preconfigured
- generate a minimal react native typescript starter
- init react native app with typescript via cli

## When to choose
- you must generate a project targeting React Native 0.70 or older with TypeScript
- you want a minimal template consistent with the default React Native template

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project on React Native 0.71 or later, which supports TypeScript out of the box
- you need a template that receives updates or new React Native version support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: react-native, typescript, project-template, deprecated, jest, boilerplate, mobile

## Member repositories
- react-native-community/react-native-template-typescript (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:49.477095+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 2026-08-30T08:32:14.317832+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-template-typescript (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:49.477095+00:00, sha 4d04b6d91171)
  - homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-template-typescript (fetched 2026-08-29T10:52:14.108626+00:00, sha 6117fc46bd71)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.