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24 alternatives to Create React App

Create React apps with no build configuration.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Create React App launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Quarkly▲184
Design tool to create sites & web apps on React
2020 · quarkly.io · its alternatives →
2
React Storybook▲218
Develop and design React components without an app.
2016 · voice.kadira.io · its alternatives →
3BR
Build, run and share React Native apps in your browser▲124
2015 · rnplay.org · its alternatives →
4
React Native Desktop▲545
Build OS X desktop apps using React Native
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
A front-end visual development tool for React applications▲178
Webcodesk - Web App Builder for Create React App. Contribute to webcodesk/webcodesk-srv development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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refine.new▲462
100% open-source React framework to build web apps
2023 · its alternatives →
7
React Native▲362
Build native mobile experiences with Javascript
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Serverless SaaS▲222
Building SaaS apps faster with React
2021 · its alternatives →
9
Hacking with React▲73
Hands-on introduction to making a web app using React.
2016 · hackingwithreact.com · its alternatives →
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Siphon▲180
Quickly build React native apps without XCode
2015 · its alternatives →
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React Boilerplate 3.0▲370
Offline-first, highly scalable foundation for your next app
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Nebo▲240
No-code visual builder for React front end
2021 · its alternatives →
13
Blockstack Create React▲86
React starter kit for building Blockstack apps
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
AppHub Deploy▲134
Update React Native apps without re-submitting to Apple
2016 · apphub.io · its alternatives →
15
Serverless Stack▲16
Step-by-step tutorials for creating serverless React.js apps
2017 · sst.dev · its alternatives →
16
ReactStartupKit▲64
React codebase for building desktop and mobile apps quickly
2022 · its alternatives →
17
Makeswift 2.0▲213
No code meets Next.js
2022 · makeswift.com · its alternatives →
18
ReactXp▲9
Build cross-platform apps with React
2017 · microsoft.github.io · its alternatives →
19
Reapp▲89
A new way to build hybrid apps with React, Webpack, and JS.
2015 · reapp.io · its alternatives →
20
React Starter Kit▲8
Boilerplate and tooling for building "isomorphic" web apps
2016 · mammoth.tech · its alternatives →
21
Create a personalized and optimized webpack configuration▲92
2018 · web.jakoblind.no · its alternatives →
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Launch React components in your app with no-code▲33
Hey HN! I've built a way to launch simple, stateful React components like promotions, banners, and announcements in your web app through reusable in-app UI channels. Here's a demo of how it works: https://youtu.be/qrPip41Ecyg. The docs are here: https://docs.frigade.com/v2/platform/collections. This enables non-technical teammates to launch native, prebuilt components directly in the product UI without involving engineering. We also provide the ability to update content (i.e. CMS), track user progress/state and target components to specific users…
2024 · its alternatives →
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create-reactw-app▲7
Kickstart React apps with TypeScript + Webpack in seconds.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
You Got This! Zine: React Edition. By Glitch▲122
A free, 24-page zine about making web apps with React.js
2018 · blog.glitch.com · its alternatives →

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