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react-native-desktop-qt
JavaScript2017–2022
status-im / react-native-desktop-qt

react-native-desktop-qt

A Desktop port of React Native, driven by Qt, forked from Canonical

15Distinct people
15Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.2KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

A Desktop port of React Native, driven by Qt, forked from Canonical

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:01:02 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year15 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-11-02 13:42:44 UTC to 2022-03-26 10:44:21 UTC.

0123452017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2022

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

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20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

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Thanks for the comment - I wasn't aware of Catalyst, or that React Native is now actively integrating with it to support building native apps that run on iOS + macOS. Here's the most prominent issue I found that's tracking progress: https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-pr... It does require macOS 10.15, so I imagine it will take time for the late majority and laggards (I am one) to catch up to the latest goodness. --- As much flak as Electron gets, I think it serves/served a purpose by opening up cross-platform app development to a wider audience, lowering the bar for better or worse. Commonly raised complaints about CPU/memory usage, file size, non-native UI, seem unavoidable due to the need of bundling Chromium. (Unless someone figures out a standard way to use a single shared install of the runtime.) With React Nat
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ive, it's also paving the way for a huge audience of developers who otherwise might not have been able to build cross-platform mobile apps. I'm one of them, very excited for the opportunities. > ..live reloading, hot code push, pleasant abstractions.. apps can use [native UI] controls.. > ..use the same development tools to ship polished software on desktop, mobile, and web. > builds to macOS, iOS, Android, and web out of the same Typescript project Indeed this sounds like a delightful way forward! Edit: I wonder, what's the story with Linux native apps? Ah, mentioned in a sibling comment, React Native Desktop: https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop
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I can't suggest anything, I'm afraid—I haven't worked with Windows and Linux targets using React Native. But it appears that there are React Native rendering targets for Windows and Linux (https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows and https://github.com/status-im/react-native-desktop). I'd probably start by looking there. And of course, because React Native can build to web, one could ship Electron apps for platforms with lower priority for your business.
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