react-native VS react-native-web

React Native is a widely used framework for hybrid mobile app development, supported by Meta. It enables developers to build cross-platform applications using JavaScript and React while delivering a near-native experience. Instead of relying on WebViews, React Native renders actual native UI components, resulting in better performance and smoother interactions.

PR :- https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/54736

I spent two months learning React Native, coming from a solid React background. Beyond the learning curve, there's a fundamental architectural asymmetry in cross-platform development.

State management is a cornerstone of building robust React Native(RN) apps, but it’s often a source of complexity and performance bottlenecks, especially on resource-constrained mobile devices. Redux, once the gold standard, can feel like overkill with its boilerplate and heavy dependencies. Enter Zustand, a lightweight, hook-based state management library that’s taking the RN community by storm in 2025. With React Native 0.80 and 0.81 pushing modern architectures like Fabric and Hermes, Zustand’s simplicity and performance make it a perfect fit for mobile apps.

Many mobile apps encounter this because React Native still doesn't have a good solution for selectable text [0].

Workarounds exist [1], but aren't great for text that spans multiple lines and styles.

[0] https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/13938

[1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/react-native-uitextview

React Native’s 2025 architecture introduces Fabric, TurboModules, and JSI for faster performance and smoother development. By removing the legacy bridge, it enables quicker rendering and efficient native integration. Developers benefit from improved tools, crash handling, and native module access. This upgrade makes React Native a robust, future-ready choice for mobile app development.

Introduction In 2025, startups face a critical decision when choosing their mobile development framework. The React Native vs Flutter debate continues to dominate discussions among entrepreneurs and developers alike. Both frameworks offer compelling advantages for cross-platform development, but which one truly serves startups better in today's competitive landscape?

Cross-platform development means writing code once and running it on multiple platforms like iOS and Android. This reduces time, cost, and effort compared to developing separate apps for each platform. Developers use frameworks to simplify this process, and two of the most popular are Flutter and React Native.

If you’re upgrading from React Native 0.79, it’s worth reviewing the RN 0.79 release notes before diving in.

The final RN 0.80 version comes with fresh React 19.1.0 (0e11e6a28b)! This brings improvements like "owner stacks" to help identify which component caused a specific error (although there's a known bug if you use the @babel/plugin-transform-function-name plugin).

If you're still on the fence, the rise of Universal React Apps is a really exciting space that is further closing the gap between React and React Native. Universal React libraries and tooling, usually powered by react-native-web enable you to create cross-platform applications that run on iOS, Android, and the Web all from a shared React Native codebase. This lets you share navigation, styling, state management, and business logic saving you time and effort while respecting the unique conventions of each device type.

React Native for Web

maybe https://necolas.github.io/react-native-web/? https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/with-react-native-web/README.md

I am following a tutorial that is 4 years old that states that react native 0.55.4 is last compatible with react native web and anything later is not compatible yet. He showed the documentation page in the video as his source.

Personally, if you're trying to find a stack that can be applied everywhere with Next.js as your chosen framework, best bet would be React Native Web or similar. Which would let you share the maximum amount of frontend code between Web, iOS, and Android. Then you could reach for electron (barf) or something to bundle it for desktop if that was a requirement.

Some of the top cross-platform frameworks do have support for web targets. React-Native-Web and Flutter on the Web are both ways to target the web with your cross-platform app.

https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web/discussions/2201 it can be done.

If you want a single codebase for web and mobile I would look into react-native and react-native-web. You could probably code the web app with react-native-web, make it responsive and build it through react-native for mobile. Designing an app for mobile and for web can lead to significant difference though since the experience is quite different. Some things might make sense for a mobile and not for a desktop or the opposite. So I wouldn't discard completely the idea of having separate codebases. Highly depends on the app though, totally valid for many use cases.

Another fun thing you could do is build it for mobile + web using React-Native through Expo or manually with https://necolas.github.io/react-native-web/

If you're using Expo (which I assume most are on RN) they have web support. This is via React Native Web, which is a separate project if you wanted to use that directly too.

Personally though, I've found the DX of Flutter far above RN. I always had random packages break on RN that I had to fix every time, while with Flutter most of what you need is already included in the framework, including a component UI library for Android and iOS.

[0] https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/web/

[1] https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web