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We've compiled a list of 13 free and paid alternatives to Apache Cordova. The primary competitors include Android Studio, React Native. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Apache Cordova and RubyMotion, Google Cobalt, Fastnative. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


Android Studio
Free Open Source

Android Studio, the official IDE for Android app development, offers a robust suite of features. It includes intuitive UI design tools, advanced code editing capabilities, a built-in emulator for testing, and seamless Git integration.

React Native
Free Open Source

React Native builds cross-platform mobile apps using JavaScript and React. Write once, deploy to iOS and Android with native performance. Features hot reloading, native UI components, and extensive ecosystem.

RubyMotion is an implementation of the Ruby programming language that runs on Android, iOS and OS X.

Mobile App Development Platform for non-developers: create native apps; send to devices or submit...

Gideros Studio is a Lua-based, cross platform and open source game engine allowing easy creation of...

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Apache Cordova Overview

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.

When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native code (Java, Objective-C, etc) from the app developer. Instead, web technologies are used, and they are hosted in the app itself locally (generally not on a remote http server).

And because these JavaScript APIs are consistent across multiple device platforms and built on web standards, the app should be portable to other device platforms with minimal to no changes.

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