# react-native-ar/react-native-arkit

React Native binding for iOS ARKit

Repository: https://github.com/react-native-ar/react-native-arkit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-arkit
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: arkit, react-native, augmented-reality, ios, objective-c
Last push: 2023-01-11T18:46:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3341, "days_push": 1330, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1742, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.334066+00:00)

## What it is
A React Native binding for Apple's ARKit that lets developers build augmented reality iOS apps using JavaScript. It exposes ARKit features like plane detection and 3D rendering as React components.

## Use cases
- build augmented reality apps in react native
- add arkit features to an ios react native app
- render 3d objects in ar using javascript
- detect surfaces and planes with arkit
- create an ar interior design or visualization app

## When to choose
- you need ARKit support in a React Native iOS app and are on an older React Native version
- you want a JavaScript-only way to prototype ARKit experiences

## When to avoid
- you need Android/ARCore support - use ViroReact instead
- you need an actively maintained library - this repo is unmaintained
- you're on the latest React Native with autolinking - installation is broken

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: mobile-framework, graphics, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, graphics, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: arkit, augmented-reality, react-native, objective-c, 3d, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- react-native-ar/react-native-arkit (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.334066+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 2026-08-30T03:29:56.112110+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-native-ar/react-native-arkit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.334066+00:00, sha da3c295d5dec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.