# danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins

Native features for mobile apps built with Cordova/PhoneGap and open web technologies. Complete with TypeScript support.

Repository: https://github.com/danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-cordova-plugins
Homepage: https://danielsogl.gitbook.io/awesome-cordova-plugins/
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ionic, cordova, angular, cordova-plugin, ionic-framework
Last push: 2026-08-24T06:09:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3935, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2454, forks 2388 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:53.070306+00:00)

## What it is
Awesome Cordova Plugins is a curated set of TypeScript wrappers for Cordova plugins that expose native device functionality to Ionic, Angular, React, and Capacitor apps. It wraps plugin callbacks in Promises or Observables, providing a consistent async interface across 250+ plugins.

## Use cases
- access device camera from an Ionic app
- get geolocation in a Cordova app with TypeScript
- use Cordova plugins inside a Capacitor project
- wrap native plugin callbacks as Observables for Angular change detection
- add push notifications to a hybrid mobile app
- access native device features like barcode scanning or Bluetooth from JavaScript

## When to choose
- you build hybrid mobile apps with Ionic, Cordova, or Capacitor and need typed access to native plugins
- you want Promise/Observable-based plugin APIs instead of raw Cordova callbacks
- you use Angular and want plugins integrated with change detection

## When to avoid
- you build fully native apps in Swift, Kotlin, or Java
- you use a framework without Cordova/Capacitor support
- you need a plugin not covered by the 250+ wrappers and don't want to write your own wrapper

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: sdk, mobile-framework, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: cordova, ionic, capacitor, native-plugins, angular, phonegap, mobile, android, ios, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.070306+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:30:07.399182+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.070306+00:00, sha 1480c17c5402)
  - homepage: https://danielsogl.gitbook.io/awesome-cordova-plugins/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:11:30.762789+00:00, sha 402b8391b9aa)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/awesome-cordova-plugins (fetched 2026-08-29T10:11:30.771711+00:00, sha 802f773b46a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.