Open Source NativeScript AlternativesTop Android Development Tools and other similar apps like NativeScript

The best open source alternative to NativeScript is React Native. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to NativeScript and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to NativeScript are Apache Cordova, Ionic Framework, Appcelerator Titanium and WebDGap.

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  1. React Native icon
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    React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about — learn once, write...

    45 React Native alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
     
  2. Apache Cordova icon
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    Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. Ionic Framework icon
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    Ionic is an open source app development toolkit for building modern, fast, top-quality cross-platform native and Progressive Web Apps from a single codebase with JavaScript and the Web.

    35 Ionic Framework alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Sass
     
  4. Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Appcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. WebDGap icon
     11 likes

    WebDGap allows you to convert any website or HTML/CSS/JavaScript web application to a native Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Svelte Native is a new approach to building mobile applications using NativeScript. Where other JavaScript mobile development frameworks like React Native and NativeScript-Vue do the bulk of their work on the mobile device, Svelte Native shifts that work into a compile step that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • NativeScript
     
  7. Uno Platform icon
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    Uno is the platform for building native mobile, desktop and WebAssembly apps with C#, XAML from single codebase. It's a Universal Windows Platform Bridge that allows UWP-based code (C# and XAML) to run on iOS, Android, and WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  8. An open source native runtime that makes it easy to build cross-platform apps that run equally well on iOS, Android, and the Web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  9. Titanium SDK icon
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    Titanium SDK lets you develop cross-platform native mobile applications and build great mobile experiences using JavaScript. Access hundreds of native UI and non-visual components (such as networks and media APIs) within your application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  10. enClose icon
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    enClose is an iOS and macOS hybrid application development framework that enables developers to use familiar web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) to build rich applications that perform like native apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Apple Swift
    • Self-Hosted
     
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