State of React Native 2025: Libraries
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Libraries experience & sentiment

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93.2%
5.3%
1,028
2

91.2%
7.3%
1,099
3

90.3%
7.8%
1,099
4

79%
15.8%
4.8%
1,147
5

72.9%
19.7%
7%
1,028
Experience
  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.
Sentiment
  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.

Changes over time

Navigation
Styling
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Components libraries
X-axis rangeNegative opinionsPositive opinionsY-axis rangeHave usedHave not usedexpo-router. Velocity: 112.79. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.navigation_expo_router, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (39.15%), (-75.64%)navigation_expo_router, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (57.67%), (-20.13%)navigation_expo_router, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (32.7%), (33.54%)navigation_expo_router, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (37.8%), (38.51%)react-native-navigation. Velocity: -6.64. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.navigation_react_native_navigation, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (5.69%), (-9.02%)navigation_react_native_navigation, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-16.26%), (-29.92%)navigation_react_native_navigation, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-1.25%), (-0.37%)navigation_react_native_navigation, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-2.27%), (-7.7%)React Native Screens. Velocity: 11.33. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.navigation_react_native_screens, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (31.94%), (19.88%)navigation_react_native_screens, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (35.18%), (27.97%)react-navigation. Velocity: -77.33. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.navigation_react_navigation, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (84.25%), (83.26%)navigation_react_navigation, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (81.26%), (83.06%)navigation_react_navigation, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (56.3%), (58.37%)navigation_react_navigation, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (45.06%), (45.11%)react-router. Velocity: -29.21. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.navigation_react_router, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (7.73%), (-12.1%)navigation_react_router, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (3.89%), (-42.7%)navigation_react_router, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-1.12%), (-17.75%)navigation_react_router, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-6.92%), (-26.66%)Solito. Velocity: 8.21. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.navigation_solito, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (10.39%), (-84.59%)navigation_solito, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-1.31%), (-63.51%)navigation_solito, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-5.79%), (-60.18%)Emotion. Velocity: 24.3. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_emotion, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-9.27%), (-67.69%)styling_techniques_emotion, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-11.16%), (-43.15%)styling_techniques_emotion, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-13.26%), (-39.39%)Inline styling. Velocity: 47.95. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_inline, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (1.25%), (58.87%)styling_techniques_inline, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (23.05%), (69.19%)styling_techniques_inline, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (38.27%), (82.93%)styling_techniques_inline, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (36.8%), (71.27%)NativeWind. Velocity: 69.94. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_nativewind, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (13.77%), (-81.86%)styling_techniques_nativewind, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (20.23%), (-56.49%)styling_techniques_nativewind, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (14.73%), (-11.43%)styling_techniques_nativewind, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (6.49%), (-4.64%)react-native-unistyles. Velocity: 70.2. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_react_native_unistyles, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (16.39%), (-91.72%)styling_techniques_react_native_unistyles, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (15.61%), (-46.45%)styling_techniques_react_native_unistyles, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (18.06%), (-23.18%)Restyle. Velocity: 21.19. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_restyle, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (5.63%), (-77.79%)styling_techniques_restyle, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (14.51%), (-76.95%)styling_techniques_restyle, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-1.03%), (-55.58%)styling_techniques_restyle, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-3.39%), (-47.57%)StyleSheet API. Velocity: -42.55. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.styling_techniques_style_sheet, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (71.47%), (88.24%)styling_techniques_style_sheet, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (62.84%), (81.45%)styling_techniques_style_sheet, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (50.03%), (74.04%)styling_techniques_style_sheet, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (47.01%), (70.13%)styled components. Velocity: -47.58. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.styling_techniques_styled_components, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (3.23%), (19.46%)styling_techniques_styled_components, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-10.35%), (21.13%)styling_techniques_styled_components, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-13.05%), (0.2%)styling_techniques_styled_components, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-15.57%), (-9.32%)StyleX. Velocity: -0.41. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.styling_techniques_stylex, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (1.82%), (-66.47%)styling_techniques_stylex, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-2.34%), (-62.71%)Tamagui. Velocity: 26.79. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_tamagui, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (16.67%), (-89.07%)styling_techniques_tamagui, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (29.93%), (-62.3%)styling_techniques_tamagui, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-3.89%), (-37.62%)styling_techniques_tamagui, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-11.69%), (-33.91%)Tailwind React Native Classnames (twrnc). Velocity: 31.64. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.styling_techniques_twrnc, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-2.73%), (-80.45%)styling_techniques_twrnc, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-5.52%), (-43.63%)styling_techniques_twrnc, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-4.86%), (-46.68%)Animated API. Velocity: -58.81. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.animations_animated_api, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (39.44%), (53.94%)animations_animated_api, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (33.39%), (62.58%)animations_animated_api, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.94%), (31.6%)animations_animated_api, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (3.48%), (31.07%)Expo GL. Velocity: 28.25. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_expo_gl, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (14.34%), (-88.91%)animations_expo_gl, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (22.45%), (-82.92%)animations_expo_gl, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (5.12%), (-57.44%)animations_expo_gl, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (3.98%), (-50.3%)Lottie. Velocity: -40.78. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.animations_lottie, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (62.34%), (13.78%)animations_lottie, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (62.53%), (27.83%)animations_lottie, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (24.19%), (16.05%)animations_lottie, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (17.82%), (17.5%)Moti. Velocity: -10.39. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.animations_moti, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (35.29%), (-56.48%)animations_moti, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (34.33%), (-55.04%)animations_moti, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.65%), (-41.3%)animations_moti, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (4.27%), (-35.85%)React Native Animatable. Velocity: 8.49. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_react_native_animatable, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (1.93%), (-68.14%)animations_react_native_animatable, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (1.57%), (-66.81%)animations_react_native_animatable, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-0.79%), (-54.19%)animations_react_native_animatable, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-1.07%), (-56.64%)React Native Reanimated. Velocity: 2.17. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_react_native_reanimated, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (91.65%), (62.82%)animations_react_native_reanimated, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (91.53%), (71.26%)animations_react_native_reanimated, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (67.66%), (68.85%)animations_react_native_reanimated, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (75.01%), (81.63%)React Three Fiber. Velocity: 25.48. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_react_three_fiber, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (34.32%), (-85.4%)animations_react_three_fiber, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (34.61%), (-79.63%)animations_react_three_fiber, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (15.34%), (-45.38%)animations_react_three_fiber, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (15.45%), (-41.05%)Rive. Velocity: 24.56. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_rive, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (25.48%), (-87.67%)animations_rive, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (9.98%), (-64.47%)animations_rive, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (11.9%), (-49.53%)React Native Skia. Velocity: 17.47. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.animations_skia, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (74.84%), (-68.68%)animations_skia, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (74.48%), (-46.43%)animations_skia, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (31.49%), (-20.41%)animations_skia, 2025:Mostly positive opinions (27.97%), (-4.32%)gluestack-ui. Velocity: 28.44. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.component_libraries_gluestack_ui, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (4.16%), (-84.98%)component_libraries_gluestack_ui, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-0.11%), (-51.04%)component_libraries_gluestack_ui, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-5.16%), (-47.21%)NativeBase. Velocity: -6.31. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.component_libraries_native_base, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-10.72%), (-29.64%)component_libraries_native_base, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-26.97%), (-29%)component_libraries_native_base, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-13.03%), (-27.23%)component_libraries_native_base, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-12.37%), (-34.3%)React Native Elements. Velocity: 0.87. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.component_libraries_rn_elements, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-8.85%), (-31.46%)component_libraries_rn_elements, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-4.36%), (-27.21%)component_libraries_rn_elements, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-7.39%), (-24.16%)component_libraries_rn_elements, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-9.75%), (-29.68%)react-native-paper. Velocity: -17.2. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.component_libraries_rn_paper, 2022:Mostly positive opinions (14.08%), (-12.58%)component_libraries_rn_paper, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (8.52%), (-8.13%)component_libraries_rn_paper, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-1.76%), (-6.51%)component_libraries_rn_paper, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-6.62%), (-9.08%)RNUILib (react-native-ui-lib). Velocity: 25.58. Overall more negative opinions and/or less usage over time.component_libraries_rn_ui_lib, 2022:Mostly negative opinions (-13.52%), (-81.83%)component_libraries_rn_ui_lib, 2023:Mostly negative opinions (-10.42%), (-78.56%)component_libraries_rn_ui_lib, 2024:Mostly negative opinions (-4.36%), (-63.49%)component_libraries_rn_ui_lib, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-4.1%), (-65.65%)Tamagui UI. Velocity: -13.23. Overall more positive opinions and/or usage over time.component_libraries_tamagui, 2023:Mostly positive opinions (31.42%), (-58.71%)component_libraries_tamagui, 2024:Mostly positive opinions (0.77%), (-33.71%)component_libraries_tamagui, 2025:Mostly negative opinions (-8.46%), (-32.06%)

Legend

Rising popularity

Falling popularity

  • Some lines skip years.
  • Technologies with only one year of data are not shown.
  • Velocity formula = (most recent opinion - oldest opinion) + (most recent usage) - (oldest usage)
  • A positive velocity means the usage and/or positive opinions have increased over time.

Retention vs Usage

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This chart shows each technology's retention ratio over its total user count. It can be divided into four quadrants:

  • 1: Low usage, high retention. Technologies worth keeping an eye on.

  • 2: High usage, high retention. Safe technologies to adopt.

  • 3: Low usage, low retention. Technologies that are harder to recommend currently.

  • 4: High usage, low retention. Reassess these technologies if you're currently using them.