# airbnb/native-navigation

Native navigation library for React Native applications

Repository: https://github.com/airbnb/native-navigation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/native-navigation
Homepage: http://airbnb.io/native-navigation/
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, react, navigation, navigator
Last push: 2025-11-06T00:54:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 50, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3638, "days_push": 301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3120, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.266334+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native navigation library from Airbnb built on top of the native iOS and Android platform navigation components rather than reimplementing navigation in JavaScript. It supports screen registration, push/present/pop navigation, tabs, deep linking, and shared element transitions, with pluggable custom navigation implementations.

## Use cases
- navigate between screens in a React Native app using native iOS and Android navigation components
- add tab bars and deep linking to a React Native application
- integrate React Native screens into an existing native iOS or Android app
- implement shared element transitions between React Native screens
- split a React Native app into separately registered screens with multiple root views
- plug a custom branded navigation implementation into React Native

## When to choose
- you want truly native navigation behavior instead of JavaScript-based navigation built on View and Animated
- you are exploring React Native navigation options and can tolerate beta-level APIs
- you need custom navigation implementations injected into a React Native app

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, production-ready navigation library today - the project itself recommends alternatives like React Native Navigation by Wix
- you rely on react-native link for dependency management, which is unsupported by this library
- you want a simple drop-in install without restructuring your app around multiple root views

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: mobile-framework, routing, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react-native, navigation, native-navigation, tabs, deep-linking, shared-element-transitions, ios, android, javascript

## Member repositories
- airbnb/native-navigation (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.266334+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 2026-08-30T07:26:37.186696+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/airbnb/native-navigation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.266334+00:00, sha 0b8eec984ba5)
  - homepage: http://airbnb.io/native-navigation/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.570168+00:00, sha 541c496bd128)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/installation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.572502+00:00, sha 4cb240ae1135)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/roadmap.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.574708+00:00, sha ec47c410a11b)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.576693+00:00, sha 6deb67dbdb84)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides/integrating-with-existing-apps.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.579050+00:00, sha 91ea916eb60b)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides/custom-navigation-implementations.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.581201+00:00, sha 265073ba6788)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides/tabs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.583047+00:00, sha 24419f7e3d25)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides/deep-linking.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.584772+00:00, sha 782b4d997334)
  - site_page: https://native-navigation.airbnb.tech/docs/guides/project-structure.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:41:36.586579+00:00, sha 3f193e663a19)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.