# react-native-community/cli

The React Native Community CLI — Command line tools to help you build React Native apps

Repository: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-community-cli
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, cli, yarn, npm, ios, android, javascript, typescript, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-06-25T15:07:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2899, "days_push": 69, "days_rel": 69, "gap_med": 20, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2925, forks 948 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.405568+00:00)

## What it is
The React Native Community CLI is a set of command line tools for creating, building, and running React Native apps on iOS and Android. It handles project initialization, dependency linking, and launching apps on simulators and devices.

## Use cases
- initialize a new react native project
- run react native app on ios simulator
- build and install react native app on android device
- link native dependencies in react native
- eject from expo to bare react native workflow

## When to choose
- you are developing react native apps without expo
- you need to run or build react native apps from the terminal
- you want to manage native dependencies and configurations

## When to avoid
- you use expo's managed workflow exclusively
- you are not building react native applications

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: react-native, mobile-app-development, javascript, typescript, project-scaffolding, command-line, nodejs, ios, android

## Member repositories
- react-native-community/cli (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.405568+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 2026-08-30T07:33:43.008298+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react-native-community/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.405568+00:00, sha fdf38cf8d20a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.