Overview
Expo is an open-source platform for universal native applications built with React and JavaScript across Android, iOS, and the web. Its monorepo develops the SDK, Modules API, CLI, Router, Expo Go, documentation, and supporting tools.
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Combine an SDK, routing, native modules, and a development client
The Expo SDK, Modules API, CLI, Router, Expo Go, and project templates cover React Native application creation through native capability extensions. Teams can start with Snack and the official documentation, then create custom native modules when required.
Sources: [1]
For adopting a coordinated layer around React Native
It fits teams that prefer a production-oriented starting point over selecting React Native navigation, native modules, routing, and build tooling separately. React Native's own README recommends Expo as the framework-based starting path.
Sources: [1]
Separate the open-source platform from EAS and native setup
EAS is a hosted service deeply integrated with Expo's open-source tools, not the same delivery model as this repository. Verify per-platform certificates and secrets, native dependencies such as CocoaPods, and which capabilities require a custom build instead of Expo Go. Some dependencies use licenses other than MIT.
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Official sources
- [1]Expo README(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note
Selected as React Native's recommended application layer, with unusually explicit AI documentation and a focused Japanese tutorial surface.
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Built with
- TypeScript
- React
- JavaScript
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GitHub Topics
- mobile
- expo
- native
- web
- universal
- react
- android
- ios
- app-framework
- web-framework
- native-apps
- javascript
GitHub dataView detailed GitHub data
- Stars
- 52,197
- Forks
- 13,942
- Watchers
- 400
- Open issues
- 304
- Contributors
- 408
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Repository last updated
- Sep 12, 2026
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