# Yeoman

CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

Repository: https://github.com/yeoman/yo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yeoman
Homepage: http://yeoman.io
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: scaffolding, templates, generator, yeoman, javascript, nodejs
Last push: 2026-08-01T07:43:18+00:00
Link (homepage): http://yeoman.io
Link (site_page): https://yeoman.io/learning/faq

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4951, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": 146, "gap_med": 107, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3965, forks 407 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.690762+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, boilerplate, developer-tools, build-tool, plugin-system
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: scaffolding, generators, project-templates, yeoman-workflow, npm, command-line, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- yeoman/yo (main) score 82
- yeoman/yeoman (docs) score 32
- yeoman/generator-angular (plugin) score 10
- yeoman/generator (backend) score 99
- yeoman/generator-generator (plugin) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.690762+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 2026-08-29T17:19:43.772433+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yeoman/yo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.690762+00:00, sha 0bcc466b3be2)
  - homepage: http://yeoman.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.576498+00:00, sha a52f30dd5db2)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/yeoman (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.589124+00:00, sha f7a46c013492)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-angular (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.591020+00:00, sha 7b7dcb8d4758)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/yo (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.592696+00:00, sha db6eace44959)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/generator-generator (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.594509+00:00, sha 6317b67e0ede)
  - site_page: https://yeoman.io/learning/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:21:15.586311+00:00, sha 2bd96e5da02d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.