How do developer productivity and community growth differ between Flutter and React Native in 2025?

Examines developer velocity, community size, onboarding experiences, and hiring trends for both frameworks.

• Developers using Flutter report being up to 3× more productive, especially on UI-intensive projects, thanks to hot reload, integrated tooling, and a unified ecosystem. • Flutter’s community has grown rapidly—exceeding 1 million monthly active developers and accounting for nearly 30% of new iOS apps in 2024. • React Native benefits from a larger JavaScript ecosystem and well-established enterprise presence, making hiring easier in many regions, though Flutter is narrowing the gap. Tags: developer-experience, community, hiring, flutter, react-native