# react-native: React Native
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/react-native.mdx
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title: React Native
description: Add multiple languages to your React Native app
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## Getting started

Add translations to your React Native app with `gt-react-native`. Choose the quickstart guide that matches your setup:

<Cards>
  <Card title="Expo Quickstart" href="/docs/react-native/tutorials/quickstart-expo">
    For Expo projects (SDK 49+). Uses expo-router and Expo's build system.
  </Card>
  <Card title="React Native CLI Quickstart" href="/docs/react-native/tutorials/quickstart">
    For bare React Native CLI projects. Uses Metro and native builds directly.
  </Card>
</Cards>

<Callout type='warn'>
  `gt-react-native` is still experimental and may not work for all projects.
  Please let us know if you encounter any issues by [opening an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/generaltranslation/gt/issues).
</Callout>

<Callout type='info'>
  **Want automatic setup?** Run `npx gt@latest` to configure everything with the [Setup Wizard](/docs/cli/init).
</Callout>

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## What you get

- **JSX translation** with the [`<T>` component](/docs/react-native/guides/t)
- **String translation** with the [`useGT` hook](/docs/react-native/guides/strings)
- **Variables, plurals, and branches** with [`<Var>`](/docs/react-native/guides/variables), [`<Plural>`](/docs/react-native/api/components/plural), and [`<Branch>`](/docs/react-native/guides/branches)
- **On-demand translation** in development with a dev API key
- **Pre-generated translations** in production via the [`gt translate`](/docs/cli/translate) CLI command

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## Next steps

- [**`<T>` Component Guide**](/docs/react-native/guides/t) — Learn about variables, plurals, and advanced translation patterns
- [**String Translation Guide**](/docs/react-native/guides/strings) — Deep dive into `useGT`
- [**Variable Components**](/docs/react-native/guides/variables) — Handle dynamic content with `<Var>`, `<Num>`, `<Currency>`, and `<DateTime>`
- [**Deploying to Production**](/docs/react-native/tutorials/quickdeploy) — CI/CD setup, caching, and performance optimization