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GeekyAnts/NativeBase
Mobile-first, accessible components for React Native & Web to build consistent UI across Android, iOS and Web.
NativeBase is a React Native component library that shipped ~40 accessible UI components targeting iOS, Android, and web via react-native-web. It's effectively dead — the README leads with a deprecation notice, and the maintainers have moved on to gluestack-ui. The 20k stars reflect what it was, not what it is.
First-class accessibility via React ARIA integration was ahead of most alternatives when it shipped. The utility prop system (styled-system under the hood) made responsive layouts much less painful than raw StyleSheet. Dark mode and theming worked well without third-party wrappers. The Storybook-based example suite covered real-world patterns like form validation with react-hook-form.
Deprecated — the project is in maintenance mode and new features are not coming. Performance was a known issue: the styled-system prop resolution at render time added overhead that showed up in long lists. Web support via react-native-web was always second-class; several components had visual bugs on web that never got fixed. The migration path to gluestack-ui is a near-full rewrite, not an upgrade.