Mobile

React Native

TypeScriptOpen SourceiOSAndroid

Build native iOS and Android apps with React — shared JavaScript codebase with native rendering, large ecosystem, and Meta backing.

License

MIT

Language

TypeScript

Used for

Mobile Development

Trust

Strong

Why React Native?

React teams wanting to ship iOS and Android apps without learning Swift/Kotlin

Apps with heavy code sharing between web React and mobile

Large ecosystem of native modules for camera, maps, biometrics, etc.

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

npm downloads

3M / wk

Commits (90d)

300 commits

GitHub stars

118k ★

Stack Overflow

60k q's

Community

High

Weighted Trust Score89 / 100

Download Trend

Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

Performance-critical games or graphics apps — Flutter or native is better

Teams with no React experience — Expo abstracts complexity but the learning curve remains

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Open source, free to use

Paid

Free & open-source

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Often Used Together

Complementary tools that pair well with React Native

Expo

Mobile

87Strong

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TanStack Query

Frontend & UI

91Excellent

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Zustand

Frontend & UI

87Strong

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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Docs

docs

Tutorial

tutorial

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/facebook/react-native

npmnpx @react-native-community/cli@latest init MyApp

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

import { Text, View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text>Hello, React Native!</Text>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: { flex: 1, justifyContent: 'center', alignItems: 'center' },
});

Community Notes

Real experiences from developers who've used this tool