awesome-capacitor
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😎 Awesome lists of capacitor plugins.
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Mobile app framework plugins
An extensive collection of plugins and tools for building hybrid mobile apps using Capacitor
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Official plugins
Action Sheet
Provides access to native Action Sheets
Handles high-level App state and events
Allows to check if an app can be opened and open it
Provides the ability to open an in-app browser and subscribe to browser events
Provides the ability to take a photo with the camera or choose an existing one from the photo album
Enables copy and pasting to/from the system clipboard
Exposes internal information about the device, such as the model and operating system version, along with user information such as unique IDs
Provides methods for triggering native dialog windows for alerts, confirmations, and input prompts
Provides a NodeJS-like API for working with files on the device
Provides simple methods for getting and tracking the current position of the device using GPS, along with altitude, heading, and speed information if available
Provides physical feedback to the user through touch or vibration
Provides keyboard display and visibility control, along with event tracking when the keyboard shows and hides
Provides a way to schedule device notifications locally (i.e. without a server sending push notifications)
Tracks accelerometer and device orientation (compass heading, etc.)
Provides network and connectivity information
Provides a simple key/value persistent store for lightweight data, ex Storage
Provides access to native push notifications
Provides access to TalkBack/VoiceOver/etc. and provides simple text-to-speech capabilities for visual accessibility
Provides methods for sharing content in any sharing-enabled apps the user may have installed
Provides methods for showing or hiding a Splash image
Provides methods for configuring the style of the Status Bar, along with showing or hiding it
Provides the ability to change Web View text size for visual accessibility
Provides a native notification pop up for displaying important information to a user
Community plugins
Admob
A native plugin for AdMob
Capacitor community plugin for changing an app's icon
Capacitor Sign in with Apple
Receive geolocation updates even while app is backgrounded
A fast and efficient QR / barcode scanner for Capacitor
Bluetooth Low Energy
Camera preview
Plugin using native Maps API for Android and iOS
Contacts Plugin for Capacitor
Native DateTime Picker Plugin for Capacitor Apps
Support for the Electron platform
A native plugin for Facebook Login
The plugin is able to open a file given the mimeType and the file uri
Community plugins / Firebase
A native plugin for Firebase analytics
Firebase Crashlytics
Enable Firebase Cloud Messaging features for Capacitor apps
A native plugin for Firebase remote config
Community plugins
A native plugin for flipper debugger
A native HTTP plugin for CORS-free requests and file transfers
Enable Intercom features for Capacitor apps
Prevent your screen from getting some sleep
Enable some media features for Capacitor such as create albums, save videos, gifs and more
Community plugins / Microsoft
Community plugins
MQTT v5
A native plugin for using MQTT v5 with correlation data and Request/Response Pattern
A native plugin for native audio engine
A native market plugin for linking to google play or app store
PhotoViewer table images with full-screen and sharing capabilities
Protects your app from displaying a screenshot in recents screen/App Switcher
React Hooks for Capacitor apps
A native plugin for MongoDB Realm
Control screen brightness on iOS and android
A native plugin for speech recognition
Native & electron SQLite databases
Stripe SDK bindings for Capacitor Applications
Support for the Tauri platform
Synthesizing speech from text
Enable TwitterKit features for Capacitor
UXCam and FullStory analytics. It uses UXCam for Android and iOS platforms and FullStory for Web/PWA
Websocket
Plugin providing native Websocket implementations for each platform
Capgo plugins
Live Update
Live update for capacitor app
Crisp chat SDK for your app
Switch the Flashlight / Torch of your device
Detect silent mode and mute audio
Capacitor plugin for native audio engine (fork)
Native forward and reverse geocoding
Capacitor community plugin for native market for Play Store/App Store
Record screen and save to pelicule
Browser In app browser with urlChangeEvent and ability to clear cookie
Capacitor plugin that allows camera interaction from HTML code (fork)
Detect shake gesture in device
Set navigation bar color for android lolipop and higher
Native Ivs player for Capacitor app Android and IOS
Hide and show home button indicator in Capacitor app
Manage IAP on capacitor with latest libs Android and IOS
Capawesome plugins
Background tasks
A native plugin for running background tasks
Access and update the badge number of the app icon
Capawesome plugins / Firebase
Firebase plugins for Capacitor. Supports Android, iOS and the web
Capacitor plugin for Firebase App
Handle the authentication on Native layer and propagate the token to the web view layer
Capacitor plugin for Firebase Performance Monitoring
Capacitor plugin for Firebase Crashlytics
Capawesome plugins
Lock/unlock the screen orientation
Capacitor plugin that assists with app updates
Capacitor plugin that allows the user to select a file
Capacitor plugin to access managed configuration settings
Capacitor plugin that allows the user to edit a photo
Transistor Software plugins
Background Geolocation
The most sophisticated background location-tracking & geofencing module with battery-conscious motion-detection intelligence for iOS and Android
Periodic callbacks in the background for both IOS and Android
Firebase adapter for Capacitor Background Geolocation
Aparajita plugins
Biometric Auth
Easy access to native biometric auth APIs on iOS and Android
Universal, reliable dark mode support on the web, iOS and Android
Better logging for the web and native Ionic/Capacitor apps
Secure, flexible storage for Capacitor apps using iOS Keychain and Android Keystore. Supports Keychain sync across devices on iOS
Other plugins
Barcode Reader
Scan barcodes and QR codes using Dynamsoft Barcode Reader
Access camera using Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer
Scan documents using Dynamsoft Document Normalizer
Recognize text on labels like MRZ on passports using Dynamsoft Label Recognizer
AppCheck
Allows usage of native AppCheck tokens
Dynamic Links
Firebase Dynamic Links
Push
This Plugin it used for Firebase Push Messages. It support Data
Auth
Google auth plugin for Capacitor
Availability
Verifies that Google Play services is installed and enabled, and request enabling Google Play services on device
Fit
Retrieve data from Google Fit
MlKit Language
Identify the language of a string of text
MlKit Vision
Detect faces in an image, identify key facial features, and get the contours of detected faces
NativeScript Capacitor
Empower Capacitor with native APIs
Augmented Reality
Add AR experiences
Cordova plugins / Compatible
Cordova plugins / Incompatible
cordova-plugin-add-swift-support
(not needed, Capacitor has built in Swift support)
cordova-plugin-compat
(not needed)
(not needed, Capacitor has its own)
cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview
(Capacitor doesn't allow to change the webview)
(not needed, Capacitor has it's own)
(not needed, Capacitor uses WKWebView)
cordova-plugin-music-controls
(causes build failures, skipped)
(not needed, Capacitor has its own)
(not needed, Capacitor has its own)
(not needed, Capacitor uses WKWebView)
cordova-plugin-googlemaps
(causes build failures on iOS, skipped for iOS only)
cordova-plugin-admobpro
cordova-plugin-braintree
cordova-plugin-code-push
cordova-plugin-fcm
cordova-plugin-firebase
cordova-plugin-qrscannerTools
Docs Readme Markdown and JSON Generator for Capacitor Plugins
Create a new Capacitor plugin
Local Capacitor icon/splash screen resource generation tool
Collection of helper plugin for Tailwind, it add safe area class and others utlitilies
- Capacitor safe area simulator
Chrome extension to simulate safe area in the browser, it support Ionic, Knsta UI and Tailwind Capacitor
Learning / Offical guides
- How Capacitor Works
Capacitor takes a modern web app, and then packages it up to run on iOS, Android, and PWA
- Creating Plugins
This guide will help you get started creating a shareable Capacitor plugin which will be published on npm
- Creating Splash Screens and Icons
Use cordova-res to generate resource images for native projects
- App Deployment and Realtime Updates
Update your Capacitor app remotely through the app stores
- CI/CD for Capacitor Apps
Adding Mobile CI/CD to your Capacitor App development process
- Data Storage in Capacitor
Storing small to large amounts of data in Capacitor
- Security Best Practices for Capacitor
Security best practices for your Capacitor apps
- Using Push Notifications with Firebase
Learn how to get Firebase Cloud Messaging working on iOS and Android
- Saving Plugin Calls
How to save plugin calls in Capacitor
- Mocking Capacitor Plugins
How to create mock objects for Capacitor plugins
- Build Mobile Apps with Tailwind CSS, Next.js, Ionic Framework, and Capacitor
A very popular stack for building responsive web apps is Tailwind CSS and Next.js by Vercel
Learning / Crash Courses
- Capacitor Crash Course
Learn to use Capacitor with Ionic by Simon Grimm
Learning / Community Tutorials
- Capacitor Tutorial
Getting Started with Capacitor
- Adding Icons & Splash Screens to Capacitor
Generating the Icon and Splash Screen Asset
- Capacitor Workflow in an Ionic Application
Cover the basic workflow when using Capacitor in an Ionic application
- Creating a Local Plugin
Running Custom Native iOS Code with Capacitor
- Publishing Capacitor Plugin on NPM
Build and publish a standalone Capacitor plugin using the Capacitor CLI
- Do Capacitor applications are native ?
Demonstrate why referring to Capacitor applications as "not native" is inaccurate and confusing terminology
- Appcenter migration
Migrating from Microsoft App Center to Capgo in just a few simple steps
- Update app seamlessly
Set up Capacitor-updater into your app to seamless releases update to your users
- Automatic build and release
Create your own CI/CD pipeline with GitHub actions for free, to deploy your app every time you push to main
Learning / Books
- Building cross platform app with Capacitor
A New Approach to Cross-Platform Development
Learning / Case study
- Burger King
How Burger King Brought Their Design System to Mobile
- Capacitor vs Cordova
This guide provides an overview of Capacitor and how it stacks up against Cordova
- Native React Apps Without React Native
React Native is not a web environment, so it's not possible for teams to take their web-based React to deploy native apps, with Capacitor they can
Demo apps
The Capacitor TestApp is used to develop new features and verify bug fixes in Capacitor and the official plugins
capacitor-plugin-demo
Simple Ionic Angular app to demonstrate the use of certain Capacitor plugins
Simple Ionic Angular app to demonstrate the use of certain Capacitor Firebase plugins
Simple Ionic Vue app to demonstrate the use of OTA updates
Community
- Discord
Official Discord community
- Forum
Official Forum community
- Reddit
Official Reddit community
- Stack Overflow
Official Stack Overflow community
Official repo for plugin and platform requests
Freelancers
- Martin Donadieu
Creator of this list and of Capgo live update system + 10 plugins
- Christophe Surbier
Expert developer mobile since 2009 and Capacitor since 2017
- Timothee Porcq
Expert developer Mobile Ionic/Angular & Capacitor +7 years
- Nicolas Izac
Developper Fullstack | Vue-Angular-Ionic-Laravel +7 years
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