Overview
React Native is a framework for building native Android, iOS, and other applications with React components and declarative UI. JavaScript drives interfaces rendered with each operating system's native UI, with Native Modules available for platform code.
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Render React components through native platform UI
React components, hooks, and Suspense can be reused across platforms while primitives map to native UI and APIs. Fast Refresh applies JavaScript changes quickly, and Native Modules provide typed calls from JavaScript into platform code.
Sources: [1]
For taking React to mobile or adopting it incrementally
It fits teams extending React experience into mobile products or integrating individual screens into existing native applications. The official README recommends Expo as a production-grade framework with routing and a standard library of native modules.
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Without a framework, own the platform configuration as well
React Native can run without a framework, but navigation, native dependencies, and platform tooling then need to be assembled directly. Platform-specific capabilities rely on Native Modules or additional libraries, so verify supported targets, versions, and build environments.
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Official sources
- [1]React Native README(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note
Selected for moving with React into a new organization while inheriting the parent brand and deliberately directing onboarding toward Expo.
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Built with
- C++
- React
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GitHub Topics
- android
- app-framework
- ios
- mobile
- mobile-development
- react-native
- cross-platform
- react
GitHub dataView detailed GitHub data
- Stars
- 126,580
- Forks
- 25,255
- Watchers
- 3,525
- Open issues
- 699
- Contributors
- 299
- Primary language
- C++
- License
- MIT
- Repository last updated
- Sep 12, 2026
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