# ericalli/static-site-boilerplate

A better workflow for building modern static websites.

Repository: https://github.com/ericalli/static-site-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/static-site-boilerplate
Homepage: http://staticsiteboilerplate.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: boilerplate, html, babel, sass, postcss, minification, es6, starter-kit, less, ftp, netlify, eslint, stylelint, webpack
Last push: 2022-05-14T23:01:03+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": 2834, "days_push": 1572, "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 1732, forks 159 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.805526+00:00)

## What it is
Static Site Boilerplate is a JavaScript-based starter template for building modern static websites, bundling webpack, Babel, Sass/Less, PostCSS, linting, and minification into an automated workflow. It provides a local development server with hot reloading and production build optimizations like image compression and favicon generation.

## Use cases
- start a new static website project quickly
- set up a webpack build pipeline for html, css, and js
- get hot reloading during frontend development
- minify and optimize assets for production
- write styles with sass or less and autoprefixing
- deploy a static site to netlify

## When to choose
- starting a simple static website or landing page from scratch
- you want a preconfigured modern frontend toolchain without manual setup
- you need a dev server with live reload out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a static site generator with templating and content management like Hugo or Eleventy
- you're building a SPA with a framework like React or Vue
- you need actively maintained tooling with the latest webpack versions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, static-site-generator, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: webpack, sass, less, postcss, babel, eslint, hot-reloading, netlify, starter-template, boilerplate, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ericalli/static-site-boilerplate (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.805526+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 2026-08-30T08:32:28.673793+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ericalli/static-site-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.805526+00:00, sha 6ec123a64402)
  - homepage: http://staticsiteboilerplate.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:39.319682+00:00, sha 4fdb98f22afe)
  - site_page: https://docs.staticsiteboilerplate.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:39.328639+00:00, sha 7de92f200827)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/static-site-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:39.330331+00:00, sha 68e64aced87f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.