Is react/create-react-app deprecated?

Not formally: as of 2026-10-31 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does not mark react/create-react-app archived and npm does not mark react-scripts deprecated, but it is reviewed as superseded.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.

react/create-react-app

Set up a modern web app by running one command.

GitHub(opens in a new tab)Homepage(opens in a new tab)JavaScriptMIT103,234 starsFormerly facebook/create-react-app

Superseded

react/create-react-app — Set up a modern web app by running one command — is catalogued under Templates, starters, and boilerplates. As of 2026-10-31, react/create-react-app is reviewed as superseded.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 430,374 downloads a day over the last 90 days, up 4% on the previous 90 days. Reviewed recommendation: migrate away from it.

Lifecycle on GitHub: activeVerified
Editorial status: SupersededApproved
Recommendation: Migrate awayApproved
Last verified: 2026-10-3146 snapshots 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

Rank 11 / 12 in Stack Atlas · #1 of 1 in Templates, starters, and boilerplates

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.

Activity and adoption

weekly, last 52 weeks

Commits per week

Latest week (2026-10-25): 0 commits

GitHub commit activity on the default branch, including bot commits. The newest week is still in progress and drawn lighter.

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Commits per week
Week of	Commits
2026-10-25	0 (partial)
2026-10-18	0
2026-10-11	0
2026-10-04	0
2026-09-27	0
2026-09-20	0
2026-09-13	0
2026-09-06	0
2026-08-30	0
2026-08-23	0
2026-08-16	0
2026-08-09	0
2026-08-02	0
2026-07-26	0
2026-07-19	0
2026-07-12	0
2026-07-05	0
2026-06-28	0
2026-06-21	0
2026-06-14	0
2026-06-07	0
2026-05-31	0
2026-05-24	0
2026-05-17	0
2026-05-10	0
2026-05-03	0
2026-04-26	0
2026-04-19	0
2026-04-12	0
2026-04-05	0
2026-03-29	0
2026-03-22	0
2026-03-15	0
2026-03-08	0
2026-03-01	0
2026-02-22	0
2026-02-15	0
2026-02-08	0
2026-02-01	0
2026-01-25	0
2026-01-18	0
2026-01-11	0
2026-01-04	0
2025-12-28	0
2025-12-21	0
2025-12-14	0
2025-12-07	0
2025-11-30	0
2025-11-23	0
2025-11-16	0
2025-11-09	0
2025-11-02	0

npm downloads per week · react-scripts

Latest week (2026-10-23): 3,398,664 downloads

npm registry counts, which include CI installs and mirrors. Weeks with registry gap days are drawn lighter; gaps are excluded, not counted as zero.

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npm downloads per week · react-scripts
Week of	Downloads
2026-10-23	3,398,664
2026-10-16	1,461,012 (partial)
2026-10-09	1,580,518 (partial)
2026-10-02	2,403,522 (partial)
2026-09-25	3,202,110
2026-09-18	4,896,476
2026-09-11	2,404,478 (partial)
2026-09-04	1,837,185 (partial)
2026-08-28	2,250,837 (partial)
2026-08-21	2,669,048
2026-08-14	2,302,622 (partial)
2026-08-07	2,820,808
2026-07-31	2,759,037
2026-07-24	2,865,131
2026-07-17	2,793,312
2026-07-10	2,552,772 (partial)
2026-07-03	2,816,147
2026-06-26	2,825,972
2026-06-19	3,050,690
2026-06-12	2,908,176
2026-06-05	2,834,129
2026-05-29	2,829,078
2026-05-22	2,706,694
2026-05-15	2,914,831
2026-05-08	2,980,714
2026-05-01	3,111,849
2026-04-24	3,404,396
2026-04-17	2,813,987
2026-04-10	2,994,271
2026-04-03	3,205,514
2026-03-27	3,242,857
2026-03-20	3,494,941
2026-03-13	3,664,636
2026-03-06	3,339,156
2026-02-27	2,855,652
2026-02-20	2,949,267
2026-02-13	2,738,868
2026-02-06	2,798,940
2026-01-30	2,913,930
2026-01-23	2,709,640
2026-01-16	2,678,307
2026-01-09	2,517,270
2026-01-02	2,295,331
2025-12-26	1,542,848
2025-12-19	1,920,007
2025-12-12	2,639,934
2025-12-05	3,286,296
2025-11-28	3,229,678
2025-11-21	3,163,045
2025-11-14	3,205,944
2025-11-07	2,892,727
2025-10-31	2,820,600

Health dimensions

repofacts-health-v1

Health dimensions with weight, score, evidence coverage, and the signals behind each score
Dimension	Weight	Score	Coverage	Signals
Maintenance	20%	12	100%	3 of 3 scored Latest non-bot commit102025-02-15, 623 days ago. Weeks with commits (last 13)00 of 13 weeks had commits. Includes bot commits. Latest stable release25v5.0.1, published 1663 days ago.
Security posture	20%	100	25%	1 of 4 scored Security policy100A security policy is published. Security advisories—Not collected in v0. Absence of data is not absence of vulnerabilities. OpenSSF Scorecard—Not collected in v0. Release provenance—Not collected in v0.
Documentation	12%	100	100%	3 of 3 scored README100Present. Contributing guide100Present. Homepage or docs site100Listed on the repository.
Stability	12%	100	67%	2 of 3 scored Prerelease share (last year)—No GitHub releases in the last year. Primary package ≥ 1.0100react-scripts@5.0.1. Primary package not deprecated100react-scripts is not deprecated.
Community depth	12%	0	50%	1 of 2 scored Human contributors (90 days)00 distinct non-bot authors. Top contributor share (90 days)—Too few human commits in the window to measure concentration.
Dependency exposure	10%	No evidence	0%	0 of 2 scored Dependency count—Not collected in v0. Vulnerable dependencies—Not collected in v0.
Operational burden	8%	No evidence	0%	0 of 1 scored Required services—Editorial assessment, not collected in v0.
Governance	6%	100	100%	3 of 3 scored Machine-detectable license100MIT. Code of conduct100Present. Issue or PR templates100Present.

Momentum signals

repofacts-momentum-v0

Momentum by signal family, comparing the current window with the previous window of the same length
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	430,374 downloads/day	411,914 downloads/day	Flat (1.04×)	react-scripts: 430,374 downloads/day over the last 90 days vs 411,914 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

Packages published from this repository and whether their identity matches it
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.	430,374
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.	7,785

Alternatives and successors

No relationships are catalogued. Absence here is not a claim that none exist.

Common questions about react/create-react-app

Is react/create-react-app still maintained?: As of 2026-10-31, 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 2026-10-31 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 103,234 GitHub stars, which measure attention rather than use. Its npm package react-scripts averaged 430,374 downloads a day over the last 90 days, up 4% on the previous 90 days. Registry download counts include CI installs and mirrors. Checked 2026-10-31.

Evidence

snapshot 2026-10-31

Every 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.

Collected evidence with provenance, observation window, source, and caveats
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	2026-10-31	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-appMoves on metadata edits; not used as a maintenance signal.
Attention	Stars	103,234	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app
Attention	Forks	26,879	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app
Attention	Watchers (subscribers)	1,865	Verified	https://api.github.com/repos/react/create-react-app
Repository	Open issues + pull requests	2,409	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=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts 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=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts 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=2026-05-04T00%3A00%3A00.000Z&per_page=100Window 2026-05-04 → 2026-10-31Counts 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	430,374	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/react-scriptsWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.
npm · react-scripts	Downloads/day, last 30 days	431,703	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/react-scriptsWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry 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	7,785	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/create-react-appWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry 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	9,877	Verified	https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2025-05-01:2026-10-30/create-react-appWindow 2025-05-01 → 2026-10-29Registry download counts include CI installs, mirrors, and bots. Gap days are excluded, not counted as zero.

Collected 2026-10-31T13:05:26.230Z · repofacts-status-v0 · repofacts-health-v1 · repofacts-momentum-v0 · repofacts-taxonomy-v1 · inputs f32fafc17788

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