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npm v12 Ships With Install Scripts Off by Default, Begins Deprecating 2FA-Bypass Tokens
npm v12 is generally available, turning install scripts off by default and beginning the deprecation of 2FA-bypass publishing tokens.
react-scripts
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This package includes scripts and configuration used by Create React App.
Please refer to its documentation:
Parcel is a web application bundler that offers a similar zero-configuration experience to react-scripts but with a different approach to bundling and a focus on speed and simplicity.
Webpack is a powerful module bundler that can be used for React applications. Unlike react-scripts, it requires manual configuration, but it offers a high degree of customization and plugin support.
Vite is a build tool that significantly improves the frontend development experience. It's similar to react-scripts in providing a development server and build process, but it leverages native ES modules and is known for its fast cold server start.
Snowpack is a modern build tool for faster web development. It's comparable to react-scripts but uses a different approach, focusing on unbundled development and faster rebuilds with ESM (ES Module) support.
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Configuration and scripts for Create React App.
The npm package react-scripts receives a total of 2,238,539 weekly downloads. As such, react-scripts popularity was classified as popular.
We found that react-scripts demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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npm v12 is generally available, turning install scripts off by default and beginning the deprecation of 2FA-bypass publishing tokens.

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