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A framework for building native Windows apps with React.

76 mentions on Hacker News by 64 people: 9 stories, 67 comments · first 2016-04-13 · latest 2026-03-25

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  1. …[2] https://github.com/facebook/react-native [3] https://github.com/facebook/react-native [4] https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows [5] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos [6] https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web…
    comment by migueloller · 2017-04-11 · in Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
  2. …even some early work on Ubuntu support [3]. [1] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows [3] https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/react-native/blob/ubuntu/REA...
    comment by migueloller · 2017-04-11 · in Electron is flash for the desktop (2016)
  3. …[1]. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it should also be pretty easy to get running. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows
    comment by nathan_f77 · 2017-04-08 · in ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps
  4. https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows Works well enough that I was able to get up and running with a Windows Universal app on hololens.
    comment by kaasi · 2017-03-27 · in Introducing Sketch: A Playground for React Native from Expo (YC S16)
  5. …[2]: https://github.com/grassator/react-qml [3]: https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos [4]: https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows [5]: https://github.com/ramitos/react-tvml [6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNC0mRYGWgc…
    comment by sscotth · 2017-03-19 · in JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X
  6. There's https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos for OSX and, as mentioned, also Microsoft's https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows for Win10/UWP
    comment by petrbela · 2017-02-27 · in Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain
  7. …even a WPF version of it[1]. React native for macOS[2] worked decently when I tried it, too. [1] https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows/tree/ma... [2] https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos
    comment by rpeden · 2017-02-14 · in Happy 15th Birthday .NET
  8. …makes use of React Native for Windows that you can point me to would be super helpful as well. [1] https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows
    comment by lewisl9029 · 2017-02-07 · in React Native at Instagram
  9. Also Microsoft is using Yoga (previously known as css-layout) in React Native for Windows: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows
    comment by ville · 2016-12-07 · in Yoga: A cross-platform layout engine
  10. React Native supports * iOS * Android * OS X https://github.com/ptmt/react-native-macos * Windows https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows * Ubuntu https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/08/05/introducing-... * the web…
    comment by edtechdev · 2016-08-28 · in Ask HN: What's the best library for making cross-platform UIs?
  11. …of a hassle. Some basic notes related to this: 1. Windows tutorials lacking for your example apps: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows/tree/ed... (I would do a pull request myself to fix it if I had time these days) 2.…
    comment by divbit · 2016-08-17 · in We are Microsoft. We are here to learn. How can we help you build mobile apps?
  12. …it hasn't been mentioned, I'll remind everyone that they recently did the same with React Native https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows Cool stuff.
    comment by FLGMwt · 2016-08-03 · in Microsoft forks Unreal Engine 4 and ports it to Universal Windows Platform
  13. Also available from Microsoft: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows Seems to be only Windows 10 and xbox though.
    comment by freestockoption · 2016-07-19 · in Ask HN: Why / Why Not Use Electron?
  14. Fixed: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native/issues/345
    comment by jongalloway2 · 2016-04-14 · in React Native on the Universal Windows Platform
  15. https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native/blob/ReactWindo... Looks like it evaluates the JS and creates XAML elements programmatically using C#.
    comment by Aleman360 · 2016-04-13 · in React Native on the Universal Windows Platform
  16. …Because I found this statement "Assuming you have Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise installed" at https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native/tree/ReactWindo...
    comment by jgnmello · 2016-04-13 · in React Native on the Universal Windows Platform
  17. For those interested, the GitHub repo is here: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native
    comment by RussianCow · 2016-04-13 · in React Native on the Universal Windows Platform