# React Native Community Template (Mobile app templates)

> React Native Community Template is a free, open-source mobile app template built with React Native. The React Native Community Template — Get started building RN apps for Android & iOS. It has 242 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

The template used by npx @react-native-community/cli init to bootstrap a React Native application. Using this command create latest react-native project with this template

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/react-native-community/template |
| Built with | React Native |
| Live demo | none listed |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 242 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Official | no |
| Category | Mobile app templates |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |

## Get started

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit react-native-community/template my-app
cd my-app
npm install   # then run the dev script from the README
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/react-native-community/template.git my-app
```

Commercial use depends on the MIT license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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