# phonegap/phonegap-app-developer

PhoneGap Developer App

Repository: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-app-developer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phonegap-app-developer
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-05-21T09:52:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4920, "days_push": 1565, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1971, forks 2403 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:00.842614+00:00)

## What it is
The PhoneGap Developer App is a mobile testing utility that lets web developers instantly preview and test their PhoneGap/Cordova projects on a physical device by connecting to the PhoneGap desktop app. It bundles the phonegap npm module so no global installation is required.

## Use cases
- preview my phonegap app on a real device without redeploying
- test cordova hybrid app on android over the network
- live-reload my mobile web app while developing
- verify cordova plugins work on device
- pair a phonegap desktop project with a phone for quick testing

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy PhoneGap/Cordova project and need on-device preview
- you want a quick way to test hybrid web apps on Android without rebuilding each time

## When to avoid
- starting a new mobile project - PhoneGap was discontinued by Adobe in favor of modern alternatives
- you need iOS App Store distribution or native performance
- you want actively maintained tooling or recent OS support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: mobile-framework, developer-tools, testing
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: phonegap, cordova, hybrid-apps, mobile-testing, preview-app, discontinued, android, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- phonegap/phonegap-app-developer (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.842614+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 2026-08-30T03:05:05.652905+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-app-developer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.842614+00:00, sha df3897445582)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.