Apache Cordova
Mobile apps with HTML, CSS & JS
- Also known as
- apache-cordova
What is Apache Cordova?
Free and open source mobile framework that wraps HTML/JavaScript apps in native containers to access device APIs through a unified JavaScript API, enabling a single codebase to target multiple platforms.
Apache Cordova pricing
We don't have Apache Cordova's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source
What Apache Cordova does
The capabilities that matter for mobile app frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Target platforms
- iOS, Android, browser, Electron
- Approach
- WebView hybrid
- Primary language
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Renders true native UI
- ✗
- Hot reload
- -
- TypeScript-first
- -
- Over-the-air code push
- -
- Single codebase, multiple platforms
- ✓
- Desktop support
- ✓
- Builds for web
- ✓
- Native API access
- Plugin / bridged
- Bundled UI component library
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Self-hosted
Integrations (14)
Independently observed- Battery Status
- Camera
- Device
- Dialogs
- File
- Geolocation
- Inappbrowser
- Media
- Media Capture
- Network Information
- Screen Orientation
- Splashscreen
- Statusbar
- Vibration
Apache Cordova alternatives
Other mobile app frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- React NativeLearn once, write anywherelow · 41%
- FlutterBuild apps for any screenlow · 26%
- ElectronBuild cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSSlow · 31%
- ExpoBuild native apps with Reactlow · 44%
- Compose MultiplatformBuild beautiful shared UIs for Android, iOS, desktop, and web that feel natural on every platformlow · 16%
- .NET MAUIBuild native, cross-platform desktop and mobile apps all in one frameworklow · 22%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache Cordova, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 16.00 | 925.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 6.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 34 | 8.00 | 270.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 25 | 8.00 | 200.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 13.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"targets":"iOS, Android, browser, Electron","approach":"webview_hybrid","language":"HTML, CSS, JavaScript","web_target":true,"native_widgets":false,"desktop_support":true,"single_codebase":true,"native_api_access":"plugin_bridged"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 14 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |