# Hotwire Native

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Hotwire Native and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets people take a working web app and migrate it to native iOS and Android apps, bringing Rails-style ease to mobile. Main caveat: everything requires network round trips.

## Why people recommend it

- Turns web app into iOS and Android apps (2 comments): "the easiest way to take a functioning web app and migrate it to native mobile apps on both iOS and Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712477)) "That you can now use it iOS and Android apps too makes it a simpler alternative to React IMHO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158155))
- Easy to create app store apps (2 comments): "the easiest way to take a functioning web app and migrate it to native mobile apps on both iOS and Android" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712477)) "Hotwire Native makes it easy to create an app store app for each." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507532))
- Praised as useful and a great option (2 comments): "Hotwire and Hotwire Native are amazingly useful tech." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48481761)) "Hotwire Native would be a great option" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46319209))

## What people warn about

- Requires network round trips (1 comments): "easier to maintain, albeit with the downside that everything requires network round trips" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48482042))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Flutter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flutter.md): 171 recommend
- [React Native](https://hackerapproved.com/p/react-native.md): 98 recommend
- [Kotlin Multiplatform](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kotlin-multiplatform.md): 27 recommend
- [Expo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/expo.md): 21 recommend
- [.NET MAUI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/net-maui.md): 21 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hotwire Native", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hotwire-native/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).