What is Onsen UI?
Onsen UI helps you develop both hybrid and web apps. If developing hybrid apps, you can use it with the Cordova / PhoneGap command line, or with Monaca tools (CLI, Monaca IDE - cloud-based IDE for Cordova, Localkit - desktop GUI).
Onsen UI is a tool in the Cross-Platform Mobile Development category of a tech stack.
Onsen UI is an open source tool with 8.8K GitHub stars and 1K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Onsen UI's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Onsen UI?
Companies
Developers
39 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Onsen UI.
Pros of Onsen UI
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Onsen UI's Features
- Open source HTML5 hybrid app framework for PhoneGap & Cordova
- JavaScript framework agnostic
- Mobile-optimized HTML5, CSS and JavaScript with Web components
- UI framework
- Responsive layout
- Material and Flat design
- Comprehensive toolset (CLI, IDE, debugger, remote build etc.) provided as Monaca
Onsen UI Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Onsen UI?
Ionic
Free and open source, Ionic offers a library of mobile and desktop-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components for building highly interactive apps. Use with Angular, React, Vue, or plain JavaScript.
React Native
React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about - learn once, write anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.
Framework7
It is a free and open source mobile HTML framework to develop hybrid mobile apps or web apps with iOS native look and feel. All you need to make it work is a simple HTML layout and attached framework's CSS and JS files.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
jQuery Mobile
jQuery Mobile is a HTML5-based user interface system designed to make responsive web sites and apps that are accessible on all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices.
