ionic-team/capacitor
Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️ observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 14.5
- age_days: 3210
- days_rel: 33
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 37
Adoption not part of the score
16392 stars · 1231 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Capacitor is an open-source cross-platform native runtime by the Ionic team that lets developers run web apps (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) natively on iOS, Android, and the Web from a single codebase. It provides cross-platform APIs, a plugin system for accessing native SDKs via Swift/Kotlin/Java, and a CLI for building and deploying apps including Progressive Web Apps.
Use cases
- build an ios and android app from a single javascript codebase
- convert my existing react or vue web app into a native mobile app
- access native device features like camera and geolocation from web code
- write custom native plugins in swift or kotlin for my mobile app
- deploy one app to both app stores and the web as a pwa
- migrate an existing cordova app to a more modern toolchain
- schedule local notifications and push notifications from javascript
When to choose
- you have web development skills and want to ship native mobile apps without learning swift or kotlin from scratch
- you want one codebase targeting ios, android, and the web including pwa support
- you need drop-in integration with an existing modern javascript web app
- you are migrating from cordova and want backward compatibility with most cordova plugins
- you need direct access to native sdks with custom plugins
When to avoid
- you need maximum native performance for graphics-intensive games or heavy computation
- your app requires deep platform-specific ui that fully follows native platform conventions
- you are building a purely native swift or kotlin app with no web stack
- you need a framework that renders native ui components rather than a webview-based approach
Facets
framework · maturity stable
mobile-framework sdk plugin-system cli mobile-development web-development cross-platform cross-platform pwa hybrid-apps native-runtime cordova-alternative ionic web-native ios android web-server nodejs
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor · fetched 2026-08-28 · 982c9af23021
- homepage: https://capacitorjs.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0c408e27500a
- site_page: https://capacitorjs.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 23a301c98e1d
- site_page: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3d4881ddfbe0
- site_page: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · 01e1ba4fe2ab
- site_page: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 64efc30205c3
- site_page: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/apis · fetched 2026-08-29 · dc8597ba7f03
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ionic-team/capacitor | main | 98 |
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