# erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example

A starter boilerplate for a universal webapp using express, react, redux, webpack, and react-transform

Repository: https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-redux-universal-hot-example
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-02T08:38:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4089, "days_push": 761, "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 12075, forks 2457 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:51.676040+00:00)

## What it is
A starter boilerplate for universal (isomorphic) JavaScript web apps built with React, Redux, Express, and Webpack with hot reloading. Once widely popular, it is now explicitly deprecated and preserved only as a historical example of 2015-era React development.

## Use cases
- study how universal React apps were structured in 2015
- learn SSR with React and Redux from a historical example
- reference for webpack hot reloading setup patterns
- understand redux-form and multireducer usage in older codebases

## When to choose
- you need a reference for legacy React/Redux universal app architecture
- you're researching the evolution of React tooling and SSR patterns

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the README explicitly warns against using it
- you need current React, Redux, or Webpack versions and practices
- you want maintained boilerplate with security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ssr, state-management, build-tool, routing, form-handling
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, redux, webpack, universal-javascript, hot-reloading, starter-template, express, historical, boilerplate, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:51.676040+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 2026-08-30T08:31:01.598951+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:51.676040+00:00, sha ff70cf86c508)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-redux-universal-hot-example (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:45.672843+00:00, sha dffa6356bb99)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.