Yeoman
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CLI tool for running Yeoman generators observed · 2026-10-04
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 87
- Release rhythm 47
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 107
- age_days: 4999
- days_rel: 194
- days_push: 80
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
3965 stars · 406 forks observed · 2026-10-04
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Yeoman is a scaffolding ecosystem for web development, centered on the `yo` CLI that runs community-built generators to bootstrap projects, boilerplates, and build configurations. It comprises the yo CLI, the generator framework, and thousands of generators for frameworks like Angular, React, and Backbone.
Use cases
- scaffold a new web app project from a template
- generate boilerplate for an Angular or React app
- create a custom project generator for my team
- kickstart projects with best-practice tooling and build config
- generate a Yeoman generator
When to choose
- you want to quickly bootstrap a new project from an existing generator
- you need a consistent, opinionated project structure across a team
- you want to build and share custom scaffolding tools for Node.js
When to avoid
- you need actively developed modern scaffolding - the original Yeoman CLI is deprecated and releases have slowed
- you prefer modern alternatives like create-react-app, Vite, or npm init templates
- you need scaffolding outside the Node.js/npm ecosystem
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli boilerplate developer-tools build-tool plugin-system web-development frontend developer-tools cli cross-platform scaffolding generators project-templates yeoman-workflow npm command-line automation nodejs
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/yeoman/yo · fetched 2026-10-04 · 0bcc466b3be2
- homepage: http://yeoman.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · a52f30dd5db2
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/yeoman · fetched 2026-08-29 · f7a46c013492
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-angular · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7b7dcb8d4758
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/yo · fetched 2026-08-29 · db6eace44959
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-generator · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6317b67e0ede
- site_page: https://yeoman.io/learning/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2bd96e5da02d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yeoman/yo | main | 76 |
| yeoman/yeoman | docs | 32 |
| yeoman/generator-angular | plugin | 10 |
| yeoman/generator | backend | 98 |
| yeoman/generator-generator | plugin | 44 |
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