Mobile starters · Rank #1
Create Expo Stack
CLI tool to initialize a React Native application with Expo. Provides options to include Typescript, file-based routing via Expo Router, configuration based routing via pure React Navigation, styling via Nativewind, Restyle, Unistyles, StyleSheets, or Tamagui, and/or backend as a service such as Firebase and Supabase.
Why this verdict
- 23 commits by 3 contributors in the last 90 days (4 in the last 30).
- Latest release rn-new@2.23.3, 10 days ago.
- Expo 56 declared; latest is 57 (1 major behind).
Dependency freshness
| Package | Declared | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expo expo | 56.0.4 | 57.0.25 | 1 major behind |
Declared = lowest version the kit's package.json allows. Latest = npm "latest" tag. TypeScript and the Stripe SDK are shown but not counted in the verdict.
What's in the stack
- Framework
- Expo
Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.
What the README says you get
- AuthSupabase or Firebase auth
authentication via Supabase or Firebase
- UITailwind CSS for React Native
styling with Nativewind
- UICustomizable project styling
styling with Nativewind, Unistyles, or StyleSheets
Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (qwen3.5:4b) on Sep 26, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 2 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.