JavaScript Scaffolding

Open-source JavaScript projects categorized as Scaffolding

Top 12 JavaScript Scaffolding Projects

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  1. react-boilerplate

    🔥 A highly scalable, offline-first foundation with the best developer experience and a focus on performance and best practices.

    Project mention: Redux developers, please stop doing this! | dev.to | 2024-08-17

    I worked on a React project in 2019, I believe it was built on top of the react-boilerplate template, and the developer experience with Redux was so bad that I became a Vue developer.

  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Keep full control over the data you collect and tailor the form builder’s entire look and feel to your users’ needs. SurveyJS works with React, Angular, Vue 3, and is compatible with any backend or auth system. Learn more.

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  3. yo

    CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

  4. create-elm-app

    🍃 Create Elm apps with zero configuration

  5. electron-nuxt

    ⚡ An Electron & Nuxt.js / Vue.js quick start boilerplate with vue-cli scaffolding, electron-builder, unit/e2e testing, vue-devtools

  6. generate-react-cli

    A simple React CLI to generate components instantly and more.

  7. oas-tools

    NodeJS module to manage RESTful APIs defined with OpenAPI 3.0 Specs over express servers.

  8. saas-express-starter-kit

    A boilerplate for any real world SaaS with features such as authentication, email service, etc.

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. simple-scaffold

    YAML based file/folder scaffold-er

    Project mention: skeletor VS simple-scaffold - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/theGeekist/skeletor | 2025-05-23

    Great scaffolder but doesn't have a snapshot feature

  11. generate-package

    Use as a sub-generator or plugin in your generator to create a package.json for a project. Or install globally and run with Generate's CLI.

  12. vue-vite-starter-template

    A single page app Vite starter template, created to easily bootstrap Vue.js 2 apps

  13. yogini

    Simple, prompt-driven scaffolding for continuously evolving boilerplates.

  14. generator-upendodnn

    A yeoman generator that scaffolds DNN extensions, including Modules (Webforms, SPA, and MVC), Persona Bar, Skin Object, Library, Scheduler, and Hotcakes Commerce projects (based on the generator built by Matt Rutledge).

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Scaffolding projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 react-boilerplate 29,534
2 yo 3,901
3 create-elm-app 1,686
4 electron-nuxt 726
5 generate-react-cli 408
6 oas-tools 205
7 saas-express-starter-kit 58
8 simple-scaffold 57
9 generate-package 18
10 vue-vite-starter-template 16
11 yogini 16
12 generator-upendodnn 12

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