| Performance |
Improved with Fabric architecture; still some overhead |
Bridge-less, dual-threaded, near-native speed |
Lynx.js |
| Startup Time (TTFF) |
Faster with Hermes, but varies on low-end devices |
Sub-100ms on low-end devices |
Lynx.js |
| Animations & UI Smoothness |
Needs Reanimated & gesture libs |
Native-level smoothness with GPU-accelerated rendering |
Lynx.js |
| Developer Experience |
Mature, predictable, strong tooling |
Fresh, fast, modern — but early stage |
Depends |
| Ecosystem & Libraries |
Massive community and plugin ecosystem |
Early-stage, limited packages |
React Native |
| Styling Approach |
StyleSheet API, some quirks |
CSS-like native styling |
Lynx.js |
| Extensibility |
Tightly coupled with React |
Framework-agnostic, modular runtime |
Lynx.js |
| Learning Curve |
Low (if you know React) |
Moderate (DSL-based + React adapter) |
React Native |
| Tooling & Debugging |
Chrome DevTools, Flipper |
Custom DevTool, thread visualizer |
Lynx.js |
| Multi-platform Support |
Broad support (Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, web) |
Limited (Android, iOS, web; roadmap includes expansion) |
React Native |
| Maturity & Community |
9+ years in production, global adoption |
New, ByteDance-internal until recently |
React Native |
| Ease of Onboarding |
Huge talent pool, docs, tutorials |
Sparse docs, few experts (for now) |
React Native |
| Production Readiness |
Rock solid for most apps |
Promising but early |
React Native |
