# Instawork/hyperview

Server-driven mobile apps with React Native

Repository: https://github.com/Instawork/hyperview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyperview
Homepage: https://hyperview.org
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:08:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2961, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 15.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1709, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:25.584379+00:00)

## What it is
Hyperview is a hypermedia format (HXML) and React Native client for building server-driven mobile apps, where screens are rendered from XML fetched from any HTTP backend. It lets developers update app UI and behavior instantly via server deployments, avoiding app store release cycles and API versioning.

## Use cases
- build server-driven mobile apps with react native
- update mobile app ui without app store releases
- render mobile screens from xml served by any backend
- create hypermedia mobile apps like htmx for native
- avoid api versioning in mobile development
- build networked apps like marketplaces or content feeds
- integrate server-driven screens into an existing react native app

## When to choose
- your app is network-connected and reads/writes cloud data
- you want instant server-side updates without app store review
- you want to build mobile UI with backend web technologies like Django, Rails, or Node
- you want a thin-client architecture for mobile similar to the web

## When to avoid
- your app needs offline-first data or heavy local computation
- you need deep native platform integrations or custom device features
- you require fine-grained custom native logic on the device

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: mobile-framework, frontend-framework, http-client, templating, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: server-driven-ui, hypermedia, hxml, react-native, thin-client, mobile-apps, android, ios, typescript

## Member repositories
- Instawork/hyperview (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.584379+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 2026-08-30T03:35:14.940811+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Instawork/hyperview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.584379+00:00, sha 364390086288)
  - homepage: https://hyperview.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.099027+00:00, sha 10c7eda43a3e)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/guide_introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.108239+00:00, sha 4e35f259628d)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/example_index (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.110592+00:00, sha c61e2414d0ff)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/reference_index (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.112645+00:00, sha 746eb77c6089)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/guide_html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.114663+00:00, sha a074ec315d69)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/example_instawork (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.116635+00:00, sha ab568215d9c8)
  - site_page: https://hyperview.org/docs/example_photo_sharing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:42.118536+00:00, sha e235a52e70f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.