React Native Babel Preset
Babel preset optimized for transforming React Native code for mobile applications.
Build tools and bundlers npm MIT
Used in agent projects
22
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#75 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
11.6M
npm, last 7 days, @react-native/babel-preset
GitHub stars
127K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How React Native Babel Preset is used
React Native Babel Preset is a dependency in 22 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #75 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use Jest (100.0%), React Native (100.0%), Prettier (95.5%).
Often used with React Native Babel Preset
| Jest | 100.0% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 18.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| React Native | 100.0% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 61.3× more than average |
| Prettier | 95.5% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 5.5× more than average |
| Babel (JavaScript) | 90.9% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 23.8× more than average |
| react-native-safe-area-context | 86.4% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 69.0× more than average |
| react-test-renderer | 86.4% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 166.1× more than average |
| React Navigation | 72.7% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 78.9× more than average |
| react-native-screens | 72.7% of React Native Babel Preset projects · 60.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list React Native Babel Preset as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @react-native/babel-preset |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | React Native / Expo (14), TypeScript / JavaScript (4), Ruby (4) |
| Example projects | vega-org/vega-app, DHR-Store/Vega-Next, rohan-js/vega-stremio-addon |
Alternatives to React Native Babel Preset
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vite npm Fast native-ESM powered web development build tool and dev server. |
2,897 (22.8%) | 194M | 83.3K | MIT |
| Babel (JavaScript) npm JavaScript compiler for transforming modern JavaScript to compatible code. |
484 (3.8%) | 187M | 44.1K | MIT |
| Turborepo npm High-performance build system for monorepos with task parallelization. |
399 (3.1%) | 29.5M | 31.2K | MIT |
| esbuild npm Extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier written in Go. |
342 (2.7%) | 3M | 40.1K | MIT |
| webpack npm Module bundler that packages JavaScript, assets and dependencies for browser deployment. |
255 (2.0%) | 54.9M | 66.1K | MIT |
| react-scripts npm Build configuration and scripts for Create React App zero-configuration setup. |
231 (1.8%) | 2.4M | 103K | MIT |
| React Compiler Babel Plugin npm Babel plugin for React Compiler that optimizes React component rendering. |
202 (1.6%) | 17.8M | 251K | MIT |
| webpack CLI npm Command-line interface for webpack bundler and related build tools. |
201 (1.6%) | 10.4M | 2,617 | MIT |