Cordova

Apache Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) wraps HTML/CSS/JS apps in a native WebView container. While largely superseded by Capacitor and React Native, it remains active (CLI 13.x) for specific legacy use cases.

When to Use

• Maintaining long-standing legacy hybrid applications.
• Need an extremely thin wrapper around a pure web app with minimal native plugin interaction.
• Recommendation: New projects should use Capacitor (which is backward compatible with many Cordova plugins).

Quick Start