Awesome React Native: React Native libraries directory
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Awesome React Native is worth a bookmark, not a subscription — a categorized landing page for React Native libraries, not a tool that updates itself. Every linked library gets a one-line description instead of a bare URL, saving a search when you need a chat UI or a calendar component. Where it falls short is freshness — the Conferences section stops at 2020, and star counts next to entries read like a one-time snapshot.
What is Awesome React Native?
Awesome React Native is a curated, GitHub-hosted list of React Native libraries, tools, articles, and conferences, grouped under headings like Components, Articles, and Conferences. It follows the standard "awesome list" format: a single README with categorized links and short descriptions, not a searchable app or website. The repository's own topics tag it for the mobile, react, and react-native ecosystem.
What the list covers
- ✓A Components section (UI subcategory shown) cataloging dozens of React Native UI libraries — icon packs, maps, chat interfaces, calendars, carousels, image pickers, splash screens, blur effects, and animation libraries like lottie-react-native — each with a one-line description.
- ✓An Articles section split into Reference, Howtos, Assorted, Continuous Integration, and Internals, covering topics like Firebase auth, Cloud Firestore, environment variables, and Redux-based state management with navigation.
- ✓A Continuous Integration subsection specifically about shipping React Native apps — Fastlane and Bitrise walkthroughs for automating iOS and Android builds.
- ✓An Internals subsection linking to deep dives on React Native performance and what happens when the app starts up.
- ✓A Conferences section listing React Native-specific events with dates and locations, plus a pointer to the ReactJS site for general React conferences.
- ✓Repository topics of awesome-list, mobile, react, and react-native for GitHub topic-search discoverability.
When to bookmark this list
- •You're picking a UI package for a specific screen — a calendar, a chat view, a carousel — and want a shortlist with descriptions instead of a blank npm search.
- •You're setting up CI/CD for a React Native app and want a Fastlane or Bitrise walkthrough instead of writing the pipeline from scratch.
- •You're prepping a conference talk or travel plan and want to see which React Native conferences have run in past years.
- •You want background reading on React Native internals — startup sequence, performance tuning — beyond the official docs.
Strengths
- ✓Every linked library gets a short description, not just a bare URL — you can judge relevance without opening each repo.
- ✓Covers more than components: CI/CD guides, performance internals, and conference history sit alongside the UI catalog.
- ✓Categorized structure (Conferences, Articles, Components) makes it fast to jump to the part you need.
- ✓Accepts community pull requests, so the catalog isn't limited to one person's list.
Caveats and maintenance concerns
- △The Conferences section's most recent entries are from 2020 — fine for historical reference, not for finding an event to attend now.
- △Star counts sit next to component names but the order isn't consistently re-sorted; a much lower-starred entry appears between two higher-starred ones in the UI subcategory, so treat the numbers as a snapshot, not a live ranking.
- △The repository doesn't state a license in its published metadata, so reuse terms for the list itself aren't spelled out.
- △No inclusion criteria are published beyond "PRs are welcome" — there's no documented bar for what gets added or removed.
- △It's a single long README, not a searchable site — filtering by category means scrolling or using GitHub's in-page search.
Other ways to find React Native libraries
Frequently asked questions
Awesome React Native's repository doesn't list a license in its published metadata, so the terms for reusing the list itself aren't documented. Check the license on each individual linked library before using it in a project — those are set by each library's own repository, not by this list.
Hard to call definitively from the list's own content: the Conferences section only lists events running through 2020, a sign some categories haven't been refreshed in a while. The README still says "PRs are welcome," and the project accepts community contributions to add or update entries over time.
Awesome React Native accepts contributions through GitHub pull requests — the README states "PRs are welcome!" It doesn't publish a formal contribution template or inclusion checklist beyond that, so match the existing formatting and category placement when adding a new entry.
Yes. Several Howto articles in Awesome React Native reference Expo directly, including guides on pairing AWS Amplify with Expo and building an audio app with Expo's Audio API alongside React Native. Expo isn't a separate category, but it shows up inside the tutorial listings.
Entries in each Components subcategory show a star count next to the library name and are mostly arranged from highest to lowest. The order isn't strictly kept up, though — a much lower-starred entry sits between two higher-starred ones, suggesting the counts were captured once rather than kept live.
No, not as its own content. Awesome React Native focuses on the React Native ecosystem specifically; general React conference listings are pointed to the separate ReactJS site rather than included here, and there's no Flutter-specific section in its categories.
Who should try it — and who should skip
Try it if you're deep in a React Native build and want a curated jumping-off point for UI packages, CI/CD setup, or performance reading, all on one page. Skip it if you need guaranteed-current recommendations — cross-check each library's own commit history before adopting it, since this list's star counts and conference dates aren't kept live.
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