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Onsen UI vs React Native Desktop: What are the differences?

Onsen UI: HTML5 Hybrid Mobile App UI Framework - work with Angular, React, Vue, Meteor & pure JavaScript. Material & Flat design. Onsen UI helps you develop both hybrid and web apps. If developing hybrid apps, you can use it with the Cordova / PhoneGap command line, or with Monaca tools (CLI, Monaca IDE - cloud-based IDE for Cordova, Localkit - desktop GUI); React Native Desktop: React Native for OS X. Build OS X desktop apps using React Native.

Onsen UI can be classified as a tool in the "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" category, while React Native Desktop is grouped under "Cross-Platform Desktop Development".

Onsen UI and React Native Desktop are both open source tools. It seems that React Native Desktop with 11.1K GitHub stars and 479 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Onsen UI with 7.47K GitHub stars and 866 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Onsen UI
Pros of React Native Desktop
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    Hybrid mobile
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    Works with any JavaScript framework
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    Allows for rapid prototyping
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    Free
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    Pretty awesome
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    Is native app
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    Does not include any browser
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    Memory usage reduced
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    Quickly convert react.js web app to desktop app
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    Open source

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Cons of Onsen UI
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      Memory usage reduced

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    What is Onsen UI?

    Onsen UI helps you develop both hybrid and web apps. If developing hybrid apps, you can use it with the Cordova / PhoneGap command line, or with Monaca tools (CLI, Monaca IDE - cloud-based IDE for Cordova, Localkit - desktop GUI).

    What is React Native Desktop?

    Build OS X desktop apps using React Native.

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        What are some alternatives to Onsen UI and React Native Desktop?
        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.
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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 anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.
        Framework7
        It is a free and open source mobile HTML framework to develop hybrid mobile apps or web apps with iOS native look and feel. All you need to make it work is a simple HTML layout and attached framework's CSS and JS files.
        Bootstrap
        Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
        jQuery Mobile
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