deco-ide

Deco IDE is a development tool for Mac built to make writing React Native applications faster. React Native is a framework that lets developers build mobile apps for iOS and Android using JavaScript, and Deco provides a dedicated editing environment designed around that workflow.

When you create a new project in Deco, the setup happens automatically with no manual configuration required. The IDE handles file scaffolding so you are not writing boilerplate from scratch. Ready-made components can be dropped directly into your code, and a property inspector lets you edit component properties through a graphical panel rather than by typing values by hand. The README describes this as an entirely new way to write, tweak, and re-use code.

Under the hood, Deco is built on Electron, a framework for creating desktop applications using web technologies. The project is split into three internal sub-projects: a web-side bundle that runs inside Electron's browser window, a desktop-side bundle that controls desktop API access from Electron's Node environment, and a shared module that holds constants used in communication between those two layers.

Mac is the only supported platform. Linux and Windows are explicitly listed as unsupported in the README. Development setup on Mac requires a specific version of Node, Ruby's Bundler gem, and a series of installation commands across the project's sub-directories.

The company behind Deco IDE was Deco Software Inc. The README includes links to downloadable Mac builds and documentation, but the repository shows no signs of recent activity and the company may no longer be active. If you need an actively maintained React Native IDE, it is worth verifying whether this project is still supported before relying on it.