react/create-react-app
Set up a modern web app by running one command.
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Summary
react/create-react-app — Set up a modern web app by running one command — is catalogued under Templates, starters, and boilerplates. As of 2026-09-16, react/create-react-app is reviewed as superseded. The upstream README carries a maintainer deprecation notice: Create React App is in long-term stasis and the maintainers recommend migrating to a React framework. Neither GitHub nor npm marks it archived or deprecated, and no single successor is named. Its RepoFacts health score is 59/100 (Evaluate carefully; low confidence, provisional). Its npm package react-scripts averaged 399,392 downloads a day over the last 90 days, down 8% on the previous 90 days. Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.
- Lifecycle on GitHub
- activeVerified
- Editorial status
- SupersededApproved
- Recommendation
- Migrate awayApproved
- Last verified
- 2026-09-161 snapshot on record
Reviewed by cmartinzip on 2026-09-16; the rationale is in the summary above. Rule-derived status would be review required.
Health
59Evaluate carefully
Low confidence · evidence covers 57% of weight · provisional
Is it sustainable and safe enough to evaluate?
Momentum
Insufficient history
1 of 4 signal families have two comparable windows; a trend needs at least 2.
Is attention, adoption, or contribution growing?
Stack fit
Not evaluated
Stack Fit reads a saved technology profile. It arrives with the personalized Stack Fit phase; no score is shown until then.
Does it fit your runtime, database, and deployment?
- Strongest signal. Documentation scores 100 — README: Present.
- Watch. Community depth scores 0 — Human contributors (90 days): 0 distinct non-bot authors.
Health dimensions
repofacts-health-v1| Dimension | Weight | Score | Coverage | Signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | 20% | 12 | 100% | 3 of 3 scored
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| Security posture | 20% | 100 | 25% | 1 of 4 scored
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| Documentation | 12% | 100 | 100% | 3 of 3 scored
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| Stability | 12% | 100 | 67% | 2 of 3 scored
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| Community depth | 12% | 0 | 50% | 1 of 2 scored
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| Dependency exposure | 10% | No evidence | 0% | 0 of 2 scored
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| Operational burden | 8% | No evidence | 0% | 0 of 1 scored
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| Governance | 6% | 100 | 100% | 3 of 3 scored
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Momentum signals
repofacts-momentum-v0| Signal | Window | Current | Previous | Direction | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development | 91 days | 0 commits | 0 commits | Not measured | 0 commits in the last 13 weeks vs 0 in the 13 before. Includes bot commits. Previous-window baseline 0 is below the 26 floor, so a ratio would be a small-number artefact. |
| Contribution | 90 days | 0 contributors | 0 contributors | Not measured | 0 human contributors in the last 90 days vs 0 before. Previous-window baseline 0 is below the 3 floor, so a ratio would be a small-number artefact. |
| Adoption | 90 days | 399,392 downloads/day | 433,913 downloads/day | Flat (0.92×) | react-scripts: 399,392 downloads/day over the last 90 days vs 433,913 before. Registry counts include CI and mirrors. |
| Attention | — | — | — | Not measured | Star history accumulates from RepoFacts snapshots and needs 60 days of them. It is never reconstructed. |
Composite score withheld. A composite score is normalized within a category cohort of at least 8 repositories. This category has 1. Hidden Gem: not eligible — Composite momentum needs a category cohort of at least 8; this category has 1. Above the 5,000-star attention ceiling.
Packages
npm| Package | Latest | Identity | Downloads/day (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| react-scripts(opens in a new tab)primary | 5.0.1 | Matched via redirectManifest still names facebook/create-react-app, which GitHub redirects to react/create-react-app. | 399,392 |
| create-react-app(opens in a new tab) | 5.1.0 | Matched via redirectManifest still names facebook/create-react-app, which GitHub redirects to react/create-react-app. | 7,444 |
No relationships are catalogued. Absence here is not a claim that none exist.
- Is react/create-react-app still maintained?
- As of 2026-09-16, react/create-react-app is reviewed as superseded. The upstream README carries a maintainer deprecation notice: Create React App is in long-term stasis and the maintainers recommend migrating to a React framework. Neither GitHub nor npm marks it archived or deprecated, and no single successor is named.
- Is react/create-react-app deprecated?
- Not formally: as of 2026-09-16 GitHub does not mark react/create-react-app archived and npm does not mark react-scripts deprecated, but it is reviewed as superseded. Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.
- How healthy is react/create-react-app?
- Its RepoFacts health score is 59/100 (Evaluate carefully; low confidence, provisional). The main watch item: Community depth scores 0 — Human contributors (90 days): 0 distinct non-bot authors.
- How widely is react/create-react-app used?
- react/create-react-app has 103,257 GitHub stars, which measure attention rather than use. Its npm package react-scripts averaged 399,392 downloads a day over the last 90 days, down 8% on the previous 90 days. Registry download counts include CI installs and mirrors. Checked 2026-09-16.
Evidence
snapshot 2026-09-16Every value collected for this profile, with its provenance. Source links are the API endpoints that answered. Unknown and unavailable values are shown as such and never counted as zero.
| Group | Field | Value | Provenance | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repository | Archived | No | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Disabled | No | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Fork | No | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | License (SPDX) | MIT | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Default branch | main | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Created | 2016-07-17 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Last push (any branch) | 2025-02-15 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-appMoves on a push to any branch; not used as a maintenance signal. |
| Repository | Metadata updated | 2026-09-16 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-appMoves on metadata edits; not used as a maintenance signal. |
| Attention | Stars | 103,257 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Attention | Forks | 26,903 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Attention | Watchers (subscribers) | 1,872 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app |
| Repository | Open issues + pull requests | 2,411 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-appGitHub includes open pull requests in this count. |
| Activity | Latest default-branch commit | 2025-02-15 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/commits?sha=main&per_page=100 |
| Activity | Latest non-bot commit | 2025-02-15 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/commits?sha=main&per_page=100 |
| Activity | Commits, last 13 weeks | 0 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/stats/commit_activityAll commits on the default branch, including bot commits. |
| Activity | Human contributors, last 90 days | 0 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/commits?sha=main&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted. |
| Activity | Human commits, last 90 days | 0 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/commits?sha=main&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted. |
| Activity | Bot commits, last 90 days | 0 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/commits?sha=main&since=2026-03-20T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-03-20 → 2026-09-16Counts distinct non-bot commit authors on the default branch. Co-authors and non-commit contributions are not counted. |
| Releases | Releases, last 365 days | 0 | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here. |
| Releases | Latest stable release | v5.0.1 (2022-04-12) | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/releases?per_page=100GitHub releases only. Projects that publish solely to a package registry show none here. |
| Community | GitHub community profile | 87% | Verified | https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app/community/profileDetects files in the default locations GitHub checks. |
| Security | Security policy | Yes | Verified | https://api.github.com/graphqlIncludes a policy inherited from the owner's .github repository. |
| npm · react-scripts | Latest version | 5.0.1 | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/react-scripts/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · react-scripts | Deprecated | No | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/react-scripts/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · react-scripts | Manifest repository | git+https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app.git | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/react-scripts/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · react-scripts | Downloads/day, last 90 days | 399,392 | Verified | https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/react-scriptsWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero. |
| npm · react-scripts | Downloads/day, last 30 days | 379,509 | Verified | https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/react-scriptsWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero. |
| npm · create-react-app | Latest version | 5.1.0 | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/create-react-app/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · create-react-app | Deprecated | No | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/create-react-app/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · create-react-app | Manifest repository | git+https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app.git | Verified | https://registry.npmjs.org/create-react-app/latestThe manifest of the version tagged `latest`, which may be a prerelease. |
| npm · create-react-app | Downloads/day, last 90 days | 7,444 | Verified | https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/create-react-appWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero. |
| npm · create-react-app | Downloads/day, last 30 days | 6,629 | Verified | https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-03-17:2026-09-15/create-react-appWindow 2025-03-17 → 2026-09-14Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero. |
Collected 2026-09-16T21:22:23.465Z · repofacts-status-v0 · repofacts-health-v1 · repofacts-momentum-v0 · repofacts-taxonomy-v1 · inputs 917fd8920e6c
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