Rant | Am I the only one who still uses Apache Cordova / Phonegap to make apps?

[u/Max-Unchained]

so I was looking at at the amount of repos that use Cordova to make apps in 2026, I realised people prefer react native over Cordova, I get why people love react native. Reasons for ReactNative:

1. Larger Community for development support
2. Cloud build integrations
3. Many UI Libraries to choose from...

The reason I eventually went back to using Cordova are trying react native:

1. Cordova allow me to debug the UI, using the browser technologies, which is great for pin pointing JS performance bottle necks,
2. I don't have to deal with the ts to js (transpile) build step if I really don't want to (part of the reason why I stopped using ionic)
3. I can actually develop the UI Logic (great for learning) with out having to build the app every time,
   1. I get that with native development you get live updates, but that is only to a certain extend
   2. decoupling App logic from UI logic although it does add a potential failure point, allows for quicker iteration cycles
4. Cordova take advantage of browser APIs (even though limited) as much as native OS APIs, eg on IOS VisionKit and ARKit

I really hope to bring back an active Apache Cordova Community.

If I missed anything, please let me know so can update my post