Ask HN: Why React Native Sucks?

by soumikmahato on 3/10/2025, 3:30:01 AM with 2 comments
Is it just me, or does React Native suck? I spend most of my time debugging builds. Is there any alternative to this?

  • by owebmaster on 3/14/2025, 9:07:05 PM

    It sucks because React sucks. A good alternative is to embrace PWAs. You can create native builds using PWABuilder.

    Another options similar to React Native is Lynx

    https://lynxjs.org/blog/lynx-unlock-native-for-more.html

  • by 999900000999 on 3/10/2025, 3:48:24 AM

    The weight of an unstable JavaScript ecosystem.

    Flutter/Dart is much cleaner since it essentially starts with a fresh slate. I would argue it's probably the best way to make a mobile app if you need to make something quick and dirty. If you have a lot of time and money you can actually just write native code in Swift/Objective-C and Kotlin/Java, but that's not something I'd expect a single person to do.

    I am a little bit concerned that Google appears to be cutting back on its support of flutter.