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ionic-team / capacitor

capacitor

Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️

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What it is

Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year11 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-03-28 11:31:59 UTC to 2026-07-19 12:47:54 UTC.

0122018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

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CMay·Sep 20, 2025
On the other hand, their actual dependency list looks closer to this, and this is definitely not comprehensive: https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor https://github.com/Microsoft/tslib https://github.com/codemirror https://github.com/codemirror/autocomplete https://github.com/codemirror/language https://github.com/marijnh/style-mod https://github.com/marijnh/crelt https://github.com/marijnh/find-cluster-break https://github.com/marijnh/w3c-keyname https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify https://github.com/electron/electron https://github.com/electron/get https://github.com/debug-js/debug https://github.com/vercel/ms https://github.com/sindresorhus/env-paths https://github.com/sindresorhus/got https://github.com/sindresorhus/is https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress https://github.com/npm/node-semver https://github.com/malept/sumchecke
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