ReactJS and React native, both are developed by Meta (formerly Facebook).
It is a free and open-source front-end JavaScript library for building user interfaces based on UI components.
Underline, both are using React Library to build the application, while they share similarities, there are distinct differences between ReactJS and React Native in terms of their purpose, target platforms, and components.
So let’s deep dive into the differences.
| ReactJS | React Native |
|---|---|
| It is used to build single-page applications or web applications. | It is used to build cross-platform mobile application using Javascript. |
| You can use html tags (div, h1, p) to build UI. | It provides in-built native components (View, Image, Text) to build UI. |
| It used a virtual DOM to render browser code. | It uses Native API to render components for mobile applications. |
| You can add animation through JavaScript and CSS functionalities. | React Native has a built-in animated API to animate components of an app. |
| It uses a react-router library for navigation purposes. | It has a built-in Navigator library for navigating mobile applications. |
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