# React Native Firebase

🔥 A well-tested feature-rich modular Firebase implementation for React Native. Supports both iOS & Android platforms for all Firebase services.

Repository: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native-firebase
Homepage: https://rnfirebase.io
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: firebase, analytics, android, ios, database, push-notifications, react-native, fcm, react-native-app, react, auth, javascript, realtime-database, web-sdk, storage, transactions, remote-config, firestore, crashlytics, react-hooks
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:09:29+00:00
Link (homepage): https://rnfirebase.io
Link (site_page): https://rnfirebase.io/faqs-and-tips
Link (site_page): https://rnfirebase.io/installations/usage
Link (site_page): https://v5.rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/getting-started

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3500, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 84, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 212}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12301, forks 2326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.308914+00:00)

## What it is
React Native Firebase is a collection of well-tested, feature-rich React Native modules that connect JavaScript apps to native Firebase SDKs on iOS and Android. It mirrors the official Firebase Web SDK API, acting as a drop-in replacement that maximizes cross-platform code reuse.

## Use cases
- add Firebase authentication to a React Native app
- send push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging on iOS and Android
- store and sync app data with Cloud Firestore or Realtime Database
- track user analytics and screen views in a mobile app
- collect crash reports with Crashlytics
- use Remote Config to toggle features without app updates
- upload and download files with Cloud Storage in React Native

## When to choose
- you are building a React Native (CLI or Expo) app that uses Firebase services
- you want native Firebase SDK performance and features instead of the Web SDK in React Native
- you need TypeScript support, extensive tests, and thorough documentation
- you want to share Firebase code between web and mobile

## When to avoid
- you are building a plain web app where the official Firebase Web SDK suffices
- you use a backend other than Firebase
- you target platforms beyond iOS and Android, such as Windows or macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, database, analytics, sdk, monitoring
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, databases, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: firebase, react-native, firestore, cloud-messaging, crashlytics, realtime-database, expo, push-notifications, mobile-backend, storage, android, ios, javascript, typescript

## Member repositories
- invertase/react-native-firebase (main) score 91
- invertase/react-native-firebase-starter (examples) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.308914+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 2026-08-29T17:14:10.616325+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.308914+00:00, sha df787b7fb4fc)
  - homepage: https://rnfirebase.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:14.451606+00:00, sha 7f93eb9a1a56)
  - site_page: https://rnfirebase.io/installations/usage (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:14.458274+00:00, sha 764701dbc65e)
  - site_page: https://v5.rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:14.460181+00:00, sha 794a7504a2ac)
  - site_page: https://rnfirebase.io/faqs-and-tips (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:14.456067+00:00, sha 8ba0ac8907fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.