JHipster
JHipster is a development platform to quickly generate, develop, & deploy modern web applications & microservice architectures. observed · 2026-10-18
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 83
- 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: 45.0
- age_days: 4747
- days_rel: 33
- days_push: 3
- n_releases_24m: 15
Adoption not part of the score
22465 stars · 4195 forks observed · 2026-10-18
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.97
JHipster is a Yeoman-based CLI tool that generates complete modern web applications and microservice architectures. It supports multiple front‑end frameworks, back‑end stacks, and cloud‑native deployment options.
Use cases
- Generate a new Spring Boot + Angular project with a single command.
- Scaffold a microservice architecture with Docker and Kubernetes support.
- Create entity models using JDL and generate corresponding code.
- Bootstrap a full‑stack application with React or Vue front‑ends.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code for a new project.
When to choose
- You need rapid, opinionated scaffolding for a full‑stack Java or Node.js application.
- You want built‑in support for multiple front‑end frameworks and cloud deployment.
- You prefer a single tool that handles code generation, configuration, and containerization.
When to avoid
- Your project requires a highly custom architecture not covered by JHipster blueprints.
- You prefer to hand‑craft every part of the stack for maximum control.
- The overhead of a generated project is unnecessary for a tiny or simple app.
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli web-framework api-framework templating routing build-tool deployment container-runtime web-development backend frontend microservices cloud-computing cross-platform cli yeoman-generator code-generation scaffolding spring-boot angular react vue jdl docker-compose k8s ci-cd typescript devops nodejs docker kubernetes
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster · fetched 2026-10-18 · f2dbc8ffcf49
- homepage: https://www.jhipster.tech · fetched 2026-09-28 · 1e917b8b3cc0
- site_page: https://www.jhipster.tech/getting-started · fetched 2026-09-28 · c21657e888d0
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jhipster-core · fetched 2026-09-28 · 03650fd1deb5
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jhipster-vuejs · fetched 2026-09-28 · d41c40b279cc
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/ng-jhipster · fetched 2026-09-28 · 6ccfc7085bf6
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-jhipster · fetched 2026-09-28 · de22bc43f2df
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jhipster/generator-jhipster | main | 94 |
| jhipster/jhipster | infra | 10 |
| jhipster/jhipster-core | backend | 10 |
| jhipster/jhipster-vuejs | plugin | 10 |
| jhipster/jhipster-online | frontend | 94 |
| jhipster/generator-jhipster-quarkus | plugin | 85 |
| jhipster/ng-jhipster | backend | 10 |
| jhipster/react-jhipster | backend | 94 |
For agents
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