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NativeScript vs F-droid: What are the differences?

NativeScript: Build truly native apps with JavaScript. NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms; F-droid: An installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. It is is a robot with a passion for Free and Open Source (FOSS) software on the Android platform. On this site you’ll find a repository of FOSS apps, along with an Android client to perform installations and updates, and news, reviews and other features covering all things Android and software-freedom related.

NativeScript and F-droid belong to "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" category of the tech stack.

NativeScript is an open source tool with 17.5K GitHub stars and 1.3K GitHub forks. Here's a link to NativeScript's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of F-droid
Pros of NativeScript
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    • 75
      Access to the entire native api
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      Support for native ios and android libraries
    • 46
      Support for javascript libraries
    • 46
      Angular 2.0 support
    • 44
      Native ux and performance
    • 37
      Typescript support
    • 35
      Backed up by google and telerik
    • 29
      Css support
    • 27
      Cross-platform declarative ui and code
    • 25
      Fully open source under apache 2.0 license
    • 11
      Vuejs support
    • 9
      60fps performance
    • 6
      Powerful data visualization with native UI
    • 5
      VS Code integration
    • 5
      Angular, typescript and javascript support
    • 5
      No need for Mac to build iOS apps in Telerik Platform
    • 4
      Extended CLI support
    • 4
      Cloud builds as part of Telerik PLatform
    • 4
      Truly Object-Oriented with Typescript
    • 4
      On-device debugging
    • 4
      Extensibility
    • 3
      Access to entire native api
    • 3
      Live reload
    • 3
      Easiest of all other frameworks
    • 3
      Easy to learn
    • 3
      Backed by google
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      0 day support for new OS updates
    • 3
      Publishing modules to NPM
    • 2
      Vue.js support out of the box
    • 2
      VueJS support
    • 2
      Svelte support
    • 2
      Powerfull mobile services as part of Telerik Platform
    • 2
      Native ui with angular
    • 2
      Vue support
    • 1
      Playground
    • 1
      Hot Reload
    • 1
      HMR via webpack
    • 1
      Very small app size
    • 1
      Write once, use anywhere
    • 1
      Easy to use, support for almost all npm packages
    • 1
      Rich ecosystem
    • 1
      Compile to Apple/Google Stores via CloudCompiler
    • 1
      Has CSS ;-)
    • 1
      It works with Angular
    • 1
      Code reuse with your website
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      Dart

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    Cons of F-droid
    Cons of NativeScript
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      • 5
        Lack of promotion
      • 1
        Slower Performance compared to competitors

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      What is F-droid?

      It is is a robot with a passion for Free and Open Source (FOSS) software on the Android platform. On this site you’ll find a repository of FOSS apps, along with an Android client to perform installations and updates, and news, reviews and other features covering all things Android and software-freedom related.

      What is NativeScript?

      NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.

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        What are some alternatives to F-droid and NativeScript?
        React Native
        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 anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.
        Flutter
        Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
        Ionic
        Free and open source, Ionic offers a library of mobile and desktop-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components for building highly interactive apps. Use with Angular, React, Vue, or plain JavaScript.
        Xamarin
        Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
        Apache Cordova
        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 developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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