# taniarascia/webpack-boilerplate

📦 ‎ A sensible webpack 5 boilerplate.

Repository: https://github.com/taniarascia/webpack-boilerplate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webpack-boilerplate
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webpack, webpack-boilerplate, webpack5
Last push: 2024-03-14T20:13:30+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": 2556, "days_push": 902, "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 2358, forks 538 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.757090+00:00)

## What it is
A webpack 5 starter template with Babel, PostCSS, and Sass preconfigured, including dev server and production build setup. It provides a sensible baseline configuration for bundling modern JavaScript and CSS.

## Use cases
- start a new vanilla JavaScript project with webpack
- learn how webpack 5 configuration works
- set up Babel transpilation with Sass and PostCSS
- bootstrap a frontend project with dev server and production builds
- get a minimal webpack template without a framework

## When to choose
- starting a small vanilla JS project needing bundling
- learning webpack fundamentals from a clean example
- wanting a preconfigured Babel/Sass/PostCSS setup

## When to avoid
- using a framework like React or Vue with its own CLI tooling
- needing a zero-build or Vite-based modern setup
- requiring actively evolving webpack best practices

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: webpack, babel, sass, postcss, starter-template, javascript, boilerplate, nodejs

## Member repositories
- taniarascia/webpack-boilerplate (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.757090+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 2026-08-30T08:31:51.437920+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/taniarascia/webpack-boilerplate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.757090+00:00, sha 331a81d18e8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.