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You're right, this could be a CLI tool. But the difference is only how you start - clone a boilerplate or run a command to generate one - a pretty small difference compared to the actual framework you end up with, which I think is an important milestone.

I see Redux+React as becoming the next Ruby on Rails due to the set of conventions it promotes. These conventions will have the same benefit to companies and developers switching between projects/developers and getting up to speed very quickly due to the same structures ( actions / reducers / etc ) being used by multiple projects.