react-native
A framework for building native applications using React (by facebook)
react-native-windows
A framework for building native Windows apps with React. (by microsoft)
| react-native | react-native-windows | |
|---|---|---|
| 579 | 71 | |
| 124,826 | 17,119 | |
| 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| 10.0 | 9.7 | |
| 5 days ago | 4 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
react-native
Posts with mentions or reviews of react-native. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-12-19.
- Top 10 Frameworks for Hybrid Mobile Apps in 2026
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.
- How I made RN autolinking on android Better.
PR :- https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/54736
- React Native Isn't React: Why Web Developers Struggle with Mobile
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.
- Mastering State Management in React Native with Zustand: A Modern Guide
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.
- Just Let Me Select Text
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 New Architecture: What You Need to Know in 2025
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.
- React Native vs Flutter in 2025: Which Is Better for Startups?
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: Flutter vs. React Native – Which is the Right Choice for Your Project?
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.
- 🚀 React Native 0.80 Is Here: Goodbye Deep Imports, Hello Stability
If you’re upgrading from React Native 0.79, it’s worth reviewing the RN 0.79 release notes before diving in.
- React Native 0.80 Official: It's Out! What Really Changed?
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).
react-native-windows
Posts with mentions or reviews of react-native-windows. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
- Dezvoltare aplicatie desktop
- Ask HN: What is the best way to build a desktop app in Windows in 2023?
Microsoft is using React Native for Windows [0] for their Office applications [1]. As a fan of RN this would be the first avenue I’d explore if I had to develop something for Windows.
[0] https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/
- Building Internal Business Desktop Application Advice
There's also MAUI (.NET) and React Native desktop.
- Very obvious way to develop a Desktop/GUI application like a web app?
- What do react native devs think of Flutter
Sometimes yeah they can become a real pain in the a$$. With RN you can make good looking and dynamic layouts with minimum effort. On the other hand when trying to implement logic my main and continuous issues I am facing is with the async parts . Apart from I am all in for RN . I am going to give it a try for a windows app with https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows .And if it works fine (which means you get your self away from C#) it will be a really powerful tool for me .
- I’ve just released an App in the Mac App Store using react-native-macos!
You can read more about it here: https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/
- Introducing React Native macOS 0.71
at Microsoft, it's used a lot for brownfield scenarios, similar to react-native-windows: https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows
- Best way to build desktop apps? Should I use electron?
- I Am Falling Out Of Love With Flutter
you sound more like a zealot than someone trying to make a point. you can deploy to desktop with react native and have been able to for years now, courtesy of Microsoft: https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/
- [AskJS] Are there any Electron alternatives that uses less recourses?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing react-native and react-native-windows you can also consider the following projects:
flat-list-mvcp - "maintainVisibleContentPosition" prop support for Android react-native
Uno Platform - Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop and Embedded apps quickly. Create rich, C#/XAML, single-codebase apps from any IDE. Hot Reload included! 90m+ NuGet Downloads!!
NativeScript - ⚡ Write Native with TypeScript ✨ Best of all worlds (TypeScript, Swift, Objective C, Kotlin, Java, Dart). Use what you love ❤️ Angular, React, Solid, Svelte, Vue with: iOS (UIKit, SwiftUI), Android (View, Jetpack Compose), Flutter and you name it compatible.
Introducing .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) - .NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
spine - Lightweight MVC library for building JavaScript applications
react-native-gesture-handler - Declarative API exposing platform native touch and gesture system to React Native.