# stereobooster/react-snap

👻 Zero-configuration framework-agnostic static prerendering for SPAs

Repository: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-snap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-snap
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: zero-configuration, prerender, ssr, seo, static-site-generator, react, vue, server-side-rendering
Last push: 2026-02-02T00:56:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3259, "days_push": 213, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5116, forks 398 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:10.829128+00:00)

## What it is
A zero-configuration, framework-agnostic static prerendering tool for single-page applications. It uses Headless Chrome (via Puppeteer) to crawl all links from the root and pre-render the app into static HTML, improving SEO and load performance without requiring code changes.

## Use cases
- prerender a react spa into static html for seo
- make my single page app crawlable by search engines
- add social media meta tags to a spa for twitter and facebook
- zero config prerendering for create-react-app
- statically render a vue app without a node server
- improve first paint performance of a client-side rendered app
- prerender a preact app

## When to choose
- you have a client-side rendered SPA and need SEO without migrating to a server-rendered framework
- you want zero-configuration prerendering that works with create-react-app out of the box
- your app uses browser features like WebGL that break in jsdom-based prerenderers
- you use React, Preact, or Vue and want a framework-agnostic solution

## When to avoid
- you need dynamic server-side rendering on every request rather than build-time static HTML
- your app has many routes behind authentication or dynamic URLs that a crawler cannot discover
- you are starting a new project where a modern SSR framework like Next.js or Nuxt is a better fit
- you need active development and frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ssr, static-site-generator, web-scraping
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: prerendering, spa, headless-chrome, puppeteer, zero-configuration, seo, create-react-app, vue, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- stereobooster/react-snap (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:10.829128+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 2026-08-29T18:02:07.560127+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stereobooster/react-snap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:10.829128+00:00, sha 142e39129eb9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-snap (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:04.410746+00:00, sha 1fe3e0bd9a8c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.