Ionic is a complete open-source SDK for hybrid mobile app development created by Max Lynch, Ben Sperry, and Adam Bradley of Drifty Co. in 2013. The original version was released in 2013 and built on top of AngularJS and Apache Cordova.Ionic’s open source Framework and developer-friendly tools and services power apps for some of the world’s best-known brands – from highly successful consumer apps like Sworkit, Untappd and Dow Jones MarketWatch, to mission-critical apps supporting Nationwide, Amtrak, and NASA.The open source Ionic Framework features a rich library of front-end building blocks and UI components that make it easy to design beautiful, high-performance mobile and Progressive Web Apps (or PWAs) using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.Our universal web components pair with any JavaScript framework, including Angular, React, Vue, or no framework at all (just add a script tag!). Ionic apps are backend agnostic, with connections to AWS, Azure, and Firebase.Ionic was founded in 2012, when using web technologies to build native apps was still in its infancy. When we started, we just wanted to create a better way for web developers to use their existing skills to build apps.
Today, Ionic is one of the world’s most popular cross-platform mobile development technology stack. Ionic is backed by a vibrant community of more than 5M developers in over 200 countries, supporting one of the most popular open source app platforms in the world.
