Importing a static project from github is not possible (missing package.json)

[wisammechano]

I am trying to import a GitHub repo that has only HTML, CSS, and Markdown files to stackblitz.com using the link stackblitz.com/github/{GH_USERNAME}/{REPO_NAME} but I get an error saying the project is missing package.json file

[thescientist13]

Also having the same experience. This is what it looks like currently, for reference.

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Thinking on it a bit, aside from making it optional to require a package.json, is that having the option to npm init would be super nice too, so you can just go right from a bare repo in GitHub to working directly in Stackblitz! 🌟

Otherwise (if wanting to be / stay totally "browserfull") you would have to manually create the package.json in GitHub first through their GUI.

[fvsch]

Hi @wisammechano, thanks for the report!

We'd like to keep the strict condition of having a package.json at the root of the repository or sub-folder that you're trying to import as a StackBlitz project. See #1691 (comment) for our reasons.