React Boilerplate
A starter template for React and Redux apps with testing, i18n, and offline support built in.
- Stars
- 29.4k
- Forks
- 6k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- JavaScript
- Last update
- 3.6 years ago
- Type
- Framework
No commits in over a year — check for forks or alternatives before adopting.
What it is
React Boilerplate is a pre-built project template that gives you a working React and Redux app with routing, styling, translations, and tests already set up. It is meant to save you the setup work of wiring these tools together before writing your own features. The README describes it as offline-first and focused on performance and best practices.
- Start a new React app with routing, Redux state, and styled-components already configured
- Generate components, containers, routes, selectors, and sagas along with their tests from the command line
- Add multiple languages to an app using react-intl
- Profile app performance from the command line, as the README describes
Great for
- Experienced React developers starting a new production web app
- Teams that want a consistent project structure and conventions
- Developers who want built-in tests, linting, and code generation from the start
- Projects that need multiple languages (i18n) from the beginning
Not ideal for
- Complete beginners to React or Redux: the README itself says it is not meant for beginners and points to a separate guide instead
- Small one-page sites where a simpler setup would do, since the template includes many tools you may not need
How to get it
- 1
Clone and build from source
You'll need: Node.js v8.15.1 or later (README states v8.15.1) · npm v5 or above · git
Clone the repo
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/react-boilerplate/react-boilerplate.git <YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>Move into the project folder
cd <YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>Install dependencies and clean the git repo
npm run setup - 2
Run it
- Run npm start after setup
- Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to see the example app
- Run npm run clean to delete the example app when you are ready to build your own
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the CLI generators to create components, containers, routes, and sagas with their tests
- Read the Hitchhiker's Guide in docs/general/introduction.md for an overview of the included tools
- Check docs/general/commands.md to learn the available npm commands
- Use docs/general/gotchas.md when troubleshooting common problems
Downloads
Strengths
- Ships with a large set of conventions, tests, and tooling already wired together
- The README describes code generation and automated formatting and linting
- Has a long history, 29k+ GitHub stars, and an MIT license
Trade-offs
- The README says it is not meant for beginners, so it has a steep learning curve
- Bundles many opinionated tools, which you must learn or remove if you prefer something else
- The latest push shown here is from March 2023, so check whether it is still maintained for your needs
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| react-boilerplate (this) | 29.4k | Framework | advanced | 3.6 years ago | Experienced React developers starting a new production web app |
| create-react-app | 103k | Dev tool | beginner | 1.7 years ago | Following an existing React tutorial that uses Create React App |
| vite | 83.7k | Dev tool | intermediate | 4 days ago | Frontend developers starting a new modern web project |
| next.js | 143k | Framework | intermediate | 4 days ago | Developers already comfortable with React who want a full framework around it |
| redux-saga | 22.4k | Library | intermediate | 11 days ago | React or other frontend developers already using Redux who need to manage async logic |
| dva | 16.1k | Library | intermediate | 1.3 years ago | React developers already familiar with Redux who want less boilerplate |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.