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angular-seed

A starter skeleton for AngularJS (v1) web apps with a sample app, npm setup, and test tooling.

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MIT
Language
JavaScript
Last update
4.7 years ago
Type
Dev tool

This repository is archived and no longer maintained.

What it is

angular-seed is a starting template for building a web app with AngularJS, the older 1.x version of the Angular framework. It includes a small sample app with two linked views and controllers, plus preconfigured npm scripts for running a dev server and running unit and end-to-end tests. The repository is archived, so it reflects the AngularJS-era setup rather than current Angular.

  • Clone the repo and run the included sample app in a browser at localhost:8000
  • Start a small AngularJS prototype using the directory layout as a template
  • Run Jasmine unit tests with Karma in watch mode while editing code
  • Run Protractor end-to-end tests against the local dev server

Great for

  • Developers maintaining or learning an AngularJS 1.x codebase
  • Students who want a minimal example of how AngularJS views and controllers fit together
  • Anyone who wants a preconfigured Jasmine and Karma test setup for a simple browser app

Not ideal for

  • New projects on modern Angular: the repository is archived and targets AngularJS, which is a different framework from current Angular
  • Teams that need actively maintained tooling, since the last push was in February 2022 and the project is archived
  • People who need a backend, since the README describes a client-side app served by a local web server

How to get it

  1. 1

    Clone and build from source

    You'll need: git · Node.js and npm · Java Development Kit (JDK), only for end-to-end tests

    Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/angular/angular-seed.git

    Enter the project folder

    cd angular-seed

    Install dependencies

    npm install

    Start the dev server

    npm start
  2. 2

    Run it

    • Run npm install to fetch tools and AngularJS into app/lib
    • Run npm start to launch the development web server
    • Open localhost:8000/index.html in a browser to see the sample app
  3. 3

    Get the most out of it

    • Use npm test to run unit tests in watch mode so they re-run on each save
    • Use npm run test-single-run for a one-time test pass
    • Use npm run update-deps to update dependencies within their package.json ranges
    • Use index-async.html with npm run update-index-async if you want asynchronous script loading

Downloads

Source code (.zip)master branch · straight from GitHubOfficial website & docsangularjs.org/

Strengths

  • Gives a clear, small example of an AngularJS app layout with separate views, controllers, and tests
  • Dependencies and the AngularJS library are installed through npm and copied into app/lib automatically
  • The README documents the test setup and the directory structure in detail

Trade-offs

  • Archived and last pushed in February 2022, so it is not maintained
  • Targets AngularJS 1.x, not the current Angular framework
  • End-to-end tests need a Java Development Kit installed for the Selenium server

How it compares

ProjectStarsTypeLevelUpdatedBest for
angular-seed (this)13.1kDev toolbeginner4.7 years agoDevelopers maintaining or learning an AngularJS 1.x codebase
angular-cli27kCLIbeginner4 days agoDevelopers starting a new Angular web application
vite83.7kDev toolintermediate4 days agoFrontend developers starting a new modern web project
create-react-app103kDev toolbeginner1.7 years agoFollowing an existing React tutorial that uses Create React App

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.