# Ionic Framework

A powerful cross-platform UI toolkit for building native-quality iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ionic-framework
Homepage: https://ionicframework.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ionic, mobile, framework, angular, javascript, frontend, pwa, typescript, web, stencil, stenciljs, capacitor, react, vue, webcomponents, ios, material-design, ui-components
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:10:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4761, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 73}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 52629, forks 13319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:12.058381+00:00)

## What it is
Ionic Framework is an open-source cross-platform UI toolkit for building native-quality iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps from a single codebase using web technologies. It is built on Web Components and integrates with Angular, React, and Vue.

## Use cases
- build a cross-platform mobile app with html css and javascript
- create a progressive web app from a single codebase
- build ios and android apps using angular react or vue
- make a native-looking mobile ui with web components
- ship one app to app stores and the web
- build a hybrid mobile app with capacitor

## When to choose
- you want one codebase targeting ios, android, and web
- you prefer web technologies and frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue
- you need native-quality UI components and PWA support
- you want a mature, well-documented mobile toolkit with a large community

## When to avoid
- you need maximum native performance for graphics-intensive games or apps
- you require deep access to platform-specific native APIs without a bridge layer
- you are building a purely native Swift/Kotlin app
- you need a very small bundle size for a simple website

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: mobile-framework, ui-components, frontend-framework, css-framework
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: pwa, web-components, capacitor, stencil, angular, react, vue, hybrid-apps, material-design, ios, android, web-server, typescript, javascript

## Member repositories
- ionic-team/ionic-framework (main) score 95
- ionic-team/ionic-conference-app (examples) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:12.058381+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 2026-08-29T16:19:35.121077+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:12.058381+00:00, sha b6505c491b43)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.