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galio-org/galio
Galio is a beautifully designed, Free and Open Source React Native Framework
Galio is a React Native UI component library with a built-in theme system, covering the basics: buttons, cards, inputs, navbars, and a handful of interactive components like a deck swiper and accordion. It targets developers who want a pre-styled starting point for mobile apps without building their own design system from scratch.
The theme system is well thought out — colors, sizes, and typography are all centralized and overridable, so you're not fighting hardcoded values across 15 files. The component set is genuinely complete for MVP work: you get form controls, navigation, and layout primitives without pulling in five separate packages. TypeScript definitions ship with the package, so you get autocomplete without hunting for @types. The custom icon font (galio.ttf) bundled in is a nice touch that avoids the react-native-vector-icons setup headache.
Last commit was October 2025 and the issues tab shows open PRs sitting unmerged — this project has the feel of maintained-but-barely, which is a risk if you hit a bug with a newer React Native version. The component count hasn't grown meaningfully in years; anything beyond the basics (data tables, date pickers, bottom sheets) you're on your own. There's no Expo Go or Snack demo linked, so evaluating it without installing it is harder than it should be. The dist/ folder is checked into the repo, which is a code hygiene smell and means the published source and the build artifact can drift.