# React Native

A framework for building native applications using React

Repository: https://github.com/react/react-native
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-native
Homepage: https://reactnative.dev
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, app-framework, ios, mobile, mobile-development, react-native, cross-platform, react
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:29:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4254, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 68}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 126421, forks 25234 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:24.179664+00:00)

## What it is
React Native is an open-source framework for building native mobile applications for Android, iOS, and other platforms using React and JavaScript. It renders declarative React components to native platform UI, with native modules for extending to platform code directly.

## Use cases
- build a cross-platform mobile app with one codebase
- create an iOS and Android app using React
- convert my React web skills to native mobile development
- build a native app with hot reload during development
- write a mobile app that renders real native UI components
- integrate React Native into an existing native app

## When to choose
- you know React and want to target iOS and Android with shared code
- you need native performance and platform UI rather than a webview
- you want fast iteration with Fast Refresh and a large library ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you need deep platform-specific features requiring heavy native code on both platforms
- you are building a simple app where a fully native codebase is preferred
- you need a lightweight web-only project without mobile targets

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: mobile-framework, frontend-framework, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, native-apps, javascript, app-development, fast-refresh, android, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- react/react-native (main) score 95
- react/react-native-website (docs) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.179664+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 2026-08-29T16:11:31.237955+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/react/react-native (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.179664+00:00, sha 24e25871ea92)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.