React Native WebView
WebView component for React Native enabling embedded web content in mobile apps.
Desktop and mobile apps npm MIT
Used in agent projects
49
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in desktop and mobile apps
#15 of 26
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.2M
npm, last 7 days, react-native-webview
GitHub stars
7,195
last push Sep 20, 2026
How React Native WebView is used
React Native WebView is a dependency in 49 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #15 of 26 in desktop and mobile apps. The most used alternative there is React Native. Projects that use it most often also use React Native (100.0%), Expo (95.9%), react-native-safe-area-context (95.9%).
Often used with React Native WebView
| React Native | 100.0% of React Native WebView projects · 61.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Expo | 95.9% of React Native WebView projects · 62.1× more than average |
| react-native-safe-area-context | 95.9% of React Native WebView projects · 76.6× more than average |
| react-native-screens | 95.9% of React Native WebView projects · 79.1× more than average |
| React Native Gesture Handler | 93.9% of React Native WebView projects · 93.1× more than average |
| React Native Reanimated | 91.8% of React Native WebView projects · 90.4× more than average |
| React Navigation | 83.7% of React Native WebView projects · 90.8× more than average |
| Babel (JavaScript) | 81.6% of React Native WebView projects · 21.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list React Native WebView as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install react-native-webview |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | React Native / Expo (36), TypeScript / JavaScript (9), Ruby (4) |
| Example projects | vega-org/vega-app, exactly/exa, Eridanus-Multiverse/Eridanus-EH-UI, DHR-Store/Vega-Next, rohan-js/vega-stremio-addon |
Alternatives to React Native WebView
| 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 |