# react-native-picker/picker

Picker is a cross-platform UI component for selecting an item from a list of options.

Repository: https://github.com/react-native-picker/picker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/picker
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, picker, ios, android, macos, windows, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-01-21T23:45:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2743, "days_push": 224, "days_rel": 323, "gap_med": 32, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1767, forks 315 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.598644+00:00)

## What it is
A cross-platform picker UI component for React Native that lets users select an item from a list of options. It supports Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows and is the extracted community-maintained version of the former React Native core Picker.

## Use cases
- add a dropdown selector to a react native app
- let users pick an item from a list on ios and android
- cross-platform select component for react native
- replace the deprecated react native core picker
- build a native picker wheel on macos or windows in react native

## When to choose
- you need a native-feeling option picker across android, ios, macos, and windows in react native
- you migrated off react-native core's removed Picker component
- you want a small, MIT-licensed, autolinking-compatible component

## When to avoid
- you need highly customizable multi-select or search-in-list pickers (use a JS library like react-native-dropdown-picker)
- you are not building a React Native app
- you need web support, which this component does not target

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: react-native, picker, dropdown, select, ui-component, android, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- react-native-picker/picker (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.598644+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 2026-08-30T03:26:25.161619+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-native-picker/picker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.598644+00:00, sha d76a2e25b40d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.