Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
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.
Pros of Onsen UI
- Hybrid mobile3
- Works with any JavaScript framework3
- Allows for rapid prototyping3
- Free2
Pros of React Native Desktop
- Pretty awesome3
- Is native app2
- Does not include any browser2
- Memory usage reduced2
- Quickly convert react.js web app to desktop app1
- Open source1
Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions
Cons of Onsen UI
Cons of React Native Desktop
- Memory usage reduced0