yeoman/yo

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CLI tool for running Yeoman generators

Stars: 4k
Forks: 407
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 35

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: BSD-2-Clause
Last GitHub push: Apr 9, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 21, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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Proposal to Bundle generator-parse into yo Core for Micro-Scaffolding Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#941 · 1 comment · Opened May 3, 2026
Can't install yo on linux Mint. Open

status: waiting for author

yeoman/yo#923 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 21, 2025
store: true isn't working in WSL2, but it works on macOS Open

status: waiting for author

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#897 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 21, 2025
Better error when relative path to generator does not exist Open

actionable feature help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

yeoman/yo#854 · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 24, 2025
Feature: Clean up displayed package descriptions Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#852 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 23, 2025
Feature: Add a keyboard shortcut to be able to open the repo of a generator Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

yeoman/yo#851 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 23, 2025
📌 Project Status: Maintenance Reboot Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

yeoman/yo#838 · Opened Jan 9, 2025
Any table of Yeoman versions applicable to Node and dependency versions? Open

actionable documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

yeoman/yo#802 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2023
Feature request: Postinstall yo-doctor disabling way Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#714 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 18, 2021
Generator name formatting when running `yo` when the name contains a `-` Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#848 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2021
Improve yeoman interactive UI to list sub-generators Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#630 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 4, 2019
yo version check fails if proxy ENVs configured and npm registry is listed in NO_PROXY Open

status: blocked

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

yeoman/yo#612 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 3, 2019
contextRoot should support npm script wrapper Open

actionable bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

yeoman/yo#603 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 1, 2018
Integrate with `npm init`/`yarn create` Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#600 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 10, 2018
Replace search for generators with the new search used on the website Open

actionable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#574 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2018
Help description does not match actual input Open

actionable bug medium

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

yeoman/yo#847 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 4, 2018
Autocomplete when typing for list prompts Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#552 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 27, 2017
Show generator version when running yo --generators Open

actionable feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

yeoman/yo#542 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 18, 2017
Evaluate usage of npx Open

actionable feature help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#528 · 8 comments · 28 reactions · Opened Jul 9, 2017
Better generator update workflow? Open

feature to-discuss

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#474 · 4 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Sep 26, 2016
Feature: Use npm to suggest generators when trying to run one that's not installed Open

actionable feature medium

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

yeoman/yo#423 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2016
Aliasing generators Open

actionable feature medium

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

yeoman/yo#394 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 23, 2015
Use yeoman-generator-list instead of npm search in yo install ? Open

actionable

yeoman/yo#361 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 23, 2015
Hide private subgenerator namespaces Open

actionable easy feature ready

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#354 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2015
Warn about creating a project with an ancestor yo-rc.json file Open

actionable feature medium ready

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#341 · Opened Jun 9, 2015
CLI tests Open

actionable easy maintenance

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

yeoman/yo#276 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 11, 2015
Better error in case of NpmError failing to fetch from registry Open

actionable feature help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

yeoman/yo#268 · 9 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2015
Failed generator installs should not finish with confirmative log Open

actionable bug medium

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

yeoman/yo#226 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 27, 2014
Warn when running a generator in ~ or / Open

actionable easy feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

yeoman/yo#215 · 13 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2014
Update individual generators from the menu Open

actionable feature medium

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#188 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 15, 2014
Show generator version when running the generator Open

actionable feature medium

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#187 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 15, 2014
Slow Start Times Open

actionable hard maintenance

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

yeoman/yo#176 · 57 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Jun 20, 2014
Be quiet while npm && bower installs Open

actionable feature hard

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

yeoman/yo#150 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2014
Easing installation of generators? Open

actionable feature medium

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

yeoman/yo#149 · 8 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2014
Use generator.name if set in yoyo Open

actionable bug medium

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

yeoman/yo#50 · 16 comments · Opened Jul 5, 2013

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