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ManifoldJS vs NativeScript: What are the differences?

What is ManifoldJS? Create mobile apps from websites. manifoldJS takes the meta-data about your site and generates native "hosted" apps. If the platform doesn't support hosted apps, we use Cordova to polyfill it. manifoldJS is based on the latest W3C Manifest working draft.

What is NativeScript? Build truly native apps with JavaScript. NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.

ManifoldJS and NativeScript belong to "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" category of the tech stack.

ManifoldJS and NativeScript are both open source tools. It seems that NativeScript with 17.2K GitHub stars and 1.27K forks on GitHub has more adoption than ManifoldJS with 1.55K GitHub stars and 132 GitHub forks.

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Lucas P
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Hello,

We're just brainstorming for the moment and we have a few questions.

We have an idea for an app that we want to develop, here are the prerequisites:

1) cross-platform (iOS, Android, and website);

2) as easy to maintain as possible / well documented / widely used;

3) Visual Studio Code and Copilot compatible;

4) Text to speech;

5) Speech recognition;

6) Running in background (screen off with TTS and speech recognition);

7) could be using TypeScript;

8) Monetized through ad and in-App payment for premium version;

9) Display on lock screen (Android only I guess)

So what would you recommend?

I've been trying to review the options available, and I've considered:

  • NativeScript

  • React Native

  • Flutter

  • Any other?

Thanks in advance for your help, and I'm open to any comments.

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Gabriel Alao
Lead Developer at The Web Gurus LLC · | 2 upvotes · 11.5K views
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Use Flutter and Firebase as a backend service, Firebase also helps to speed up the development and rollout of the app. The cloud-hosted NoSQL database provides a real-time database that helps you store and synchronize data between the clients. This indeed makes it easier for you to access the data using any of the devices.

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Bebe Agachevo
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Hi there, for cross-platform functionality in terms of 3D assets if any, echo3D can help you with that. It's 3D asset management on the cloud so you can write your references to the objects and update them in the echo3D web browser. echo3D is not yet on this platform but it will be soon!

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Decisions about ManifoldJS and NativeScript
Gabor Galazzo
CTO at momento. · | 9 upvotes · 178.3K views
Chose
AngularAngularApache CordovaApache CordovaCSS 3CSS 3IonicIonicJavaScriptJavaScript+2 more
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Android SDKAndroid SDKNativeScriptNativeScriptReactReactSwiftSwiftVue.jsVue.js
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As a startup, we need the maximum flexibility and the ability to reach our customers in a more suitable way. So a hybrid application approach is the best because it allows you to develop a cross-platform application in a unique codebase. The choice behind Ionic is Angular, I think that angular is the best framework to develop a complex application that needs a lot of service interaction, its modularity forces you (the developer) to write the code in the correct way, so it can be maintainable and reusable.

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Pros of ManifoldJS
Pros of NativeScript
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    • 75
      Access to the entire native api
    • 47
      Support for native ios and android libraries
    • 46
      Support for javascript libraries
    • 46
      Angular 2.0 support
    • 44
      Native ux and performance
    • 37
      Typescript support
    • 35
      Backed up by google and telerik
    • 29
      Css support
    • 27
      Cross-platform declarative ui and code
    • 25
      Fully open source under apache 2.0 license
    • 11
      Vuejs support
    • 9
      60fps performance
    • 6
      Powerful data visualization with native UI
    • 5
      VS Code integration
    • 5
      Angular, typescript and javascript support
    • 5
      No need for Mac to build iOS apps in Telerik Platform
    • 4
      Extended CLI support
    • 4
      Cloud builds as part of Telerik PLatform
    • 4
      Truly Object-Oriented with Typescript
    • 4
      On-device debugging
    • 4
      Extensibility
    • 3
      Access to entire native api
    • 3
      Live reload
    • 3
      Easiest of all other frameworks
    • 3
      Easy to learn
    • 3
      Backed by google
    • 3
      0 day support for new OS updates
    • 3
      Publishing modules to NPM
    • 2
      Vue.js support out of the box
    • 2
      VueJS support
    • 2
      Svelte support
    • 2
      Powerfull mobile services as part of Telerik Platform
    • 2
      Native ui with angular
    • 2
      Vue support
    • 1
      Playground
    • 1
      Hot Reload
    • 1
      HMR via webpack
    • 1
      Very small app size
    • 1
      Write once, use anywhere
    • 1
      Easy to use, support for almost all npm packages
    • 1
      Rich ecosystem
    • 1
      Compile to Apple/Google Stores via CloudCompiler
    • 1
      Has CSS ;-)
    • 1
      It works with Angular
    • 1
      Code reuse with your website
    • 0
      Dart

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    Cons of ManifoldJS
    Cons of NativeScript
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      • 5
        Lack of promotion
      • 1
        Slower Performance compared to competitors

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      What is ManifoldJS?

      manifoldJS takes the meta-data about your site and generates native "hosted" apps. If the platform doesn't support hosted apps, we use Cordova to polyfill it. manifoldJS is based on the latest W3C Manifest working draft.

      What is NativeScript?

      NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.

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          What are some alternatives to ManifoldJS and NativeScript?
          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.
          Flutter
          Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.
          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.
          Xamarin
          Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
          Apache Cordova
          Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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