[jesseruder]

> I suggest NativeScript as an alternative that's very similar in scope but far more mature

NativeScript has been around longer than React Native (at least for Android), but going by Github activity (not the greatest metric, but not aware of a better one) React Native[1] is much more active than NativeScript[2].

Some differences between Exponent and NativeScript:

- Exponent supports building iOS and Android apps on macOS, Windows, and Linux. With NativeScript you need a Mac to build iOS apps.

- Exponent also allows you to push updates to published apps, while publishing with NativeScript is identical to publishing regular iOS and Android apps.

[1] https://github.com/facebook/react-native [2] https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript