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Nitro

Nitro is a free, open-source mobile app template built with React and React Native. Insanely fast native C++, Swift or Kotlin modules with a statically compiled binding layer to JSI. It has 1,969 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Copy with degit
npx degit margelo/nitro my-app
cd my-app
npm install   # then run the dev script from the README
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/margelo/nitro.git my-app

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Nitro

Nitro Modules are fast, type-safe native modules for React Native with statically compiled bindings to JSI.

Built with

  • React
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
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FAQ

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How do I use Nitro?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit margelo/nitro my-app (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Nitro for commercial projects?

Yes. Nitro is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Nitro maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its latest release is v0.37.1. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.