# Lynx

Empower the Web community and invite more to build across platforms.

Repository: https://github.com/lynx-family/lynx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lynx
Homepage: https://lynxjs.org
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cross-platform, lynx, lynxjs
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:44:00+00:00
Link (homepage): https://lynxjs.org

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 39
- inputs: {"age_days": 547, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 23, "n_releases_24m": 20}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15111, forks 550 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.184350+00:00)

## What it is
Lynx is an open-source cross-platform UI engine family that lets web developers build truly native interfaces for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase using familiar CSS and React knowledge. It includes a multithreaded core engine (C++) and PrimJS, a custom JavaScript engine, supporting frameworks like ReactLynx, Vue, and others.

## Use cases
- build native mobile apps with web skills
- render one codebase on iOS, Android, and web
- create pixel-perfect UIs across mobile and desktop
- achieve instant launch and silky UI responsiveness
- integrate native UI into an existing application
- build a responsive swiper with main-thread scripting

## When to choose
- you want native rendering performance with a web-inspired development model
- you need one codebase targeting iOS, Android, HarmonyOS, and Web
- your team knows React and CSS but needs truly native UIs
- you need a framework-agnostic platform with standardized APIs

## When to avoid
- you only target the web and don't need native rendering
- your team has no web/React background and prefers fully native toolchains
- you need guaranteed Windows/Linux development support, which is not yet verified
- you need a very mature ecosystem like React Native's

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, mobile-framework, web-framework, graphics
- domain: cross-platform, mobile-development, frontend, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, cpp, rust, python
- tags: native-rendering, reactlynx, write-once-render-anywhere, harmonyos, custom-renderer, primjs, android, ios, web-server

## Member repositories
- lynx-family/lynx (main) score 87
- lynx-family/primjs (plugin) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.184350+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 2026-08-29T17:06:37.232313+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lynx-family/lynx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.184350+00:00, sha 3e401cfb1ba1)
  - homepage: https://lynxjs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:04:34.696475+00:00, sha d874220da432)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.