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Siphon is a tool that lets developers build and publish React Native apps without using Xcode. It's designed for developers who want to streamline the app development process by avoiding Apple's development… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Siphon – Build and Publish React Native Apps Without Xcode launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Siphon▲180

   Quickly build React native apps without XCode

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   React Native Desktop▲545

   Build OS X desktop apps using React Native

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   React Native▲362

   Build native mobile experiences with Javascript

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Deco IDE▲358

   Best IDE for building React Native apps

   2016 · decosoftware.com · its alternatives →

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   Expo 2.0▲578

   The fastest way to build an iOS and Android app 📱

   2017 · expo.dev · its alternatives →

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   Bubble for native mobile apps (beta)▲1,026

   Build native mobile apps for iOS and Android without code.

   2025 · bble.io · its alternatives →

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   a0.dev▲479

   Generate full mobile apps with AI

   2025 · a0.dev · its alternatives →

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   React Native Express – Learn React Native Through Interactive Examples▲496

   The all-in-one guide to React Native

   2016 · reactnativeexpress.com · its alternatives →

9. 9BR
   Build, run and share React Native apps in your browser▲124

   2015 · rnplay.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Proton Native V2 – Create Cross Platform Desktop Apps with React▲222

    2020 · proton-native.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Vue Native▲423

    A framework to build Native Mobile apps using JavaScript.

    2018 · vue-native.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Shoutem v5▲324

    Create React Native, cross-platform mobile apps easily

    2017 · shoutem.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Audio Apps Starter Kit▲362

    Build audio apps in a weekend

    2021 · daily.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Dropsource▲435

    Build & publish a native mobile app without writing any code

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Native Directory▲277

    A curated list of React Native libraries.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Teta (Beta)▲455

    The new way to build apps, without code, in real-time

    2022 · teta.io · its alternatives →

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    One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first▲506

    Hey HN, I'm Nate, the creator of Tamagui. One is a React framework that does two things differently in hopes of simplifying how we build websites and apps: 1. It unifies React Native and React web with typed file system routing by making Vite able to serve RN. This lets you share (or diverge) your code in a simpler way for cross-platform apps. 2. We've partnered with Zero (https://zerosync.dev) to make local-first work well. We've been building a solution in One that makes Zero supporting server rendering, without waterfalls, and with seamless server/client handoff. ---…

    2024 · onestack.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18DA
    DevUtils.app – Developer Utilities for macOS▲241

    This is a project I've been working on since the start of Covid-19. I built an app so that I don't have to put data into online tools like JWT debugger, JSON formatter, URL decoder, etc... https://devutils.app The app works entirely offline and is open-source. I'm selling the pre-built version of the app to earn some revenue for my time. If you want to try the app but can't afford the price or don't have XCode to build the app, drop me an email (my profile), I'll be happy to provide you a free build. I would love to hear all the feedback/suggestions. Thanks!

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Native SDK▲196

    Toolkit for building native desktop apps

    Jul 2026 · native-sdk.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Lightwell▲262

    A simple tool for creating native iOS apps on Mac 💻 📲

    2018 · stuartkerrs.com · its alternatives →

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    AppHub Deploy▲134

    Update React Native apps without re-submitting to Apple

    2016 · apphub.io · its alternatives →

22. 22FR
    Fullstack React Native – A Project-Based Guide to Learning React Native▲122

    2017 · fullstackreact.com · its alternatives →

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    Skip – Build native iOS and Android apps from a single Swift codebase▲322

    Hello Hacker News. I'm Marc, one half of the team that created skip.tools. Skip is a tool that transpiles your SwiftUI iOS app into a Kotlin Jetpack Compose app, and enables you to use a single language to create a complete app that reaches the entire mobile marketplace. What it is: Skip stands in contrast to other cross-platform development tools like Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin, in that it enables the creation of genuinely native applications for both of the dominant mobile platforms. It doesn't embed a separate engine or runtime into your app, but instead lets you use pure Swift…

    2024 · skip.tools · its alternatives →

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    CodeDesign▲246

    No-code platform to build, launch & export pages 91% faster

    2021 · codedesign.ai · its alternatives →

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