Create React App
Command-line tool that creates React single-page apps with no build configuration to set up.
create-react-app.dev/repositorydocs
Create React App is a command-line tool that creates React single-page apps with a preconfigured build setup. It is started with npx create-react-app. The production build produces static HTML, JavaScript and CSS files, so Node.js is needed on the development machine and not on the server.
Worth knowing
The project’s site and its README both call it deprecated, and the README describes it as in long-term stasis.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files, Dev only1
- Rendering
- In the browser1
- Install with
- npx create-react-app4
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-22: Status, Categories, Built on, Runtime, Minimum runtime, Rendering, Runs as, License model
github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-22: Status, links
create-react-app.dev/ - 2026-10-22: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/facebook/create-react-app - 2026-10-22: links, Install with
create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started - 2026-10-22: Maintainer, License
github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-22: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/facebook/create-react-app/releases/latest - 2026-10-22: First release
registry.npmjs.org/create-react-app - 2026-10-22: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/react-scripts - 2026-10-22: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/facebook/create-react-app/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/react-scripts