Capacitor
Build cross-platform native apps with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Desktop and mobile apps npm MIT
Used in agent projects
74
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in desktop and mobile apps
#12 of 26
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.2M
npm, last 7 days, @capacitor/core
GitHub stars
16.8K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Capacitor is used
Capacitor is a dependency in 74 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #12 of 26 in desktop and mobile apps. The most used alternative there is React Native. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (50.0%), Vite (66.2%), Lucide React (59.5%).
Often used with Capacitor
| Vitest | 50.0% of Capacitor projects · 4.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vite | 66.2% of Capacitor projects · 2.9× more than average |
| Lucide React | 59.5% of Capacitor projects · 3.0× more than average |
| React | 81.1% of Capacitor projects · 1.9× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 73.0% of Capacitor projects · 2.1× more than average |
| TypeScript | 91.9% of Capacitor projects · 1.6× more than average |
| date-fns | 36.5% of Capacitor projects · 4.3× more than average |
| Zod | 50.0% of Capacitor projects · 2.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Capacitor as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @capacitor/core |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @capacitor/cli, @capacitor/core, @capacitor/android, @capacitor/ios, @capacitor/app, @capacitor/status-bar, @capacitor/haptics, @capacitor/splash-screen |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (54), Next.js (16), Python (3), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | 1600822305/AetherLink, 5pyj29s7cm-tech/LumiCore, hzrd149/nostrudel, Cap-go/capgo.app, Ranork/remnus-app |
Alternatives to Capacitor
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| React Native npm Framework for building native iOS and Android apps with React and JavaScript. |
207 (1.6%) | 14.2M | 127K | MIT |
| Expo npm Framework and platform for building native iOS and Android apps with React. |
196 (1.5%) | 10.5M | 52.6K | MIT |
| react-native-safe-area-context npm Handle safe areas in React Native on iOS, Android and web platforms. |
159 (1.3%) | 10.5M | 2,766 | MIT |
| react-native-screens npm Native navigation primitives for React Native with performance optimizations. |
154 (1.2%) | 9.8M | 3,735 | MIT |
| React Native Gesture Handler npm Declarative gesture handling for React Native with native performance. |
128 (1.0%) | 9.1M | 6,790 | MIT |
| React Navigation npm Navigation library for React Native apps with stack, tab and drawer navigators. |
117 (0.9%) | 6M | 24.5K | MIT |
| React Native Async Storage npm Persistent key-value storage for React Native apps replacing AsyncStorage. |
114 (0.9%) | 7.5M | 5,073 | MIT |
| react-native-svg npm SVG rendering library for React Native enabling scalable vector graphics in mobile apps. |
102 (0.8%) | 8.4M | 8,005 | MIT |