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47 / 100

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popularity
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maintenance
Inactive
community
Sustainable

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All Versions

Version				Vulnerabilities	License Risk
4.16.1	\|	05/2019	Popular	0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
4.15.5	\|	09/2017		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
3.0.0	\|	03/2014		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
1.0.0	\|	11/2013		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L

License

MIT

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Popularity

Small

Weekly Downloads (6,999)

GitHub Stars: 1.82K
Forks: 549
Contributors: 40

Direct Usage Popularity

The npm package express-generator receives a total of 6,999 downloads a week. As such, we scored express-generator popularity level to be Small.

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the npm package express-generator, we found that it has been starred 1,822 times.

Downloads are calculated as moving averages for a period of the last 12 months, excluding weekends and known missing data points.

Community

Sustainable

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: No
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 40
Funding: Yes

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Maintenance

Inactive

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 26
Open PR: 34
Last Release: 6 years ago
Last Commit: 6 months ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of express-generator based on released npm versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Inactive.

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In the past month we didn't find any pull request activity or change in issues status has been detected for the GitHub repository.

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Node.js Compatibility: >= 0.10

Age: 11 years
Dependencies: 5 Direct
Versions: 23
Install Size: 26.3 kB
Dist-tags: 1
# of Files: 36
Maintainers: 2
TS Typings: No

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Readme

Express' application generator.

Installation

$ npm install -g express-generator

Quick Start

The quickest way to get started with express is to utilize the executable express(1) to generate an application as shown below:

Create the app:

$ express --view=hbs /tmp/foo &amp;&amp; cd /tmp/foo

Install dependencies:

$ npm install

Start your Express.js app at https://localhost:3000/:

$ npm start

Command Line Options

This generator can also be further configured with the following command line flags.

    --version        output the version number
-e, --ejs            add ejs engine support
    --pug            add pug engine support
    --hbs            add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan          add hogan.js engine support
-v, --view   add view  support (dust|ejs|hbs|hjs|jade|pug|twig|vash) (defaults to jade)
    --no-view        use static html instead of view engine
-c, --css    add stylesheet  support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
    --git            add .gitignore
-f, --force          force on non-empty directory
-h, --help           output usage information

License

MIT

express-generator dependencies

ejs mkdirp commander minimatch sorted-object

express-generator development dependencies

mocha eslint rimraf uid-safe supertest tree-kill eslint-plugin-node eslint-plugin-import eslint-plugin-promise eslint-config-standard eslint-plugin-standard validate-npm-package-name

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What is express-generator?

Express' application generator. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for express-generator, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is express-generator popular?

The npm package express-generator receives a total of 6,999 weekly downloads. As such, express-generator popularity was classified as small. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is express-generator well maintained?

We found indications that express-generator is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is express-generator safe to use?

While scanning the latest version of express-generator, we found that a security review is needed. A total of 0 vulnerabilities or license issues were detected. See the full security scan results.

Last updated on 17 November-2024, at 03:43 (UTC).

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