Action Sheet

Provides access to native Action Sheets.

App

Handles high-level App state and events.

App Launcher

Allows to check if an app can be opened and open it.

Browser

Provides the ability to open an in-app browser and subscribe to browser events.

Camera

Provides the ability to take a photo with the camera or choose an existing one from the photo album.

Clipboard

Enables copy and pasting to/from the system clipboard.

Device

Exposes internal information about the device, such as the model and operating system version, along with user information such as unique IDs.

Dialog

Provides methods for triggering native dialog windows for alerts, confirmations, and input prompts.

File system

Provides a NodeJS-like API for working with files on the device.

Geolocation

Provides simple methods for getting and tracking the current position of the device using GPS, along with altitude, heading, and speed information if available.

Haptics

Provides physical feedback to the user through touch or vibration.

Keyboard

Provides keyboard display and visibility control, along with event tracking when the keyboard shows and hides.

Local Notifications

Provides a way to schedule device notifications locally (i.e. without a server sending push notifications).

Motion

Tracks accelerometer and device orientation (compass heading, etc.).

Network

Provides network and connectivity information.

Preferences

Provides a simple key/value persistent store for lightweight data, ex Storage.

Push Notifications

Provides access to native push notifications.

Screen Reader

Provides access to TalkBack/VoiceOver/etc. and provides simple text-to-speech capabilities for visual accessibility.

Share

Provides methods for sharing content in any sharing-enabled apps the user may have installed.

Splash Screen

Provides methods for showing or hiding a Splash image.

Status Bar

Provides methods for configuring the style of the Status Bar, along with showing or hiding it.

Text Zoom

Provides the ability to change Web View text size for visual accessibility.

Toast

Provides a native notification pop up for displaying important information to a user.

Admob

A native plugin for AdMob.

App-icon

Capacitor community plugin for changing an app's icon.

Apple sign in

Capacitor Sign in with Apple.

Background geolocation

Receive geolocation updates even while app is backgrounded.

Barcode scanner

A fast and efficient QR / barcode scanner for Capacitor.

Bluetooth-le

Bluetooth Low Energy.

Camera preview

Native camera preview with custom controls.

Googlemaps

Plugin using native Maps API for Android and iOS.

Contacts

Plugin for accessing device contacts.

Date picker

Native DateTime Picker Plugin for Capacitor Apps.

Electron

Support for the Electron platform.

Facebook Login

A native plugin for Facebook Login.

File opener

The plugin is able to open a file given the mimeType and the file uri.

Flipper

A native plugin for flipper debugger.

Http

A native HTTP plugin for CORS-free requests and file transfers.

Intercom

Enable Intercom features for Capacitor apps.

Keep awake

Prevent your screen from getting some sleep.

Media

Enable some media features for Capacitor such as create albums, save videos, gifs and more.

MQTT v5

A native plugin for using MQTT v5 with correlation data and Request/Response Pattern.

Native audio

A native plugin for native audio engine.

Native market

A native market plugin for linking to google play or app store.

Photoviewer

Table images with full-screen and sharing capabilities.

Privacy screen

Protects your app from displaying a screenshot in recents screen/App Switcher.

React hooks

Hooks for using Capacitor plugins in React apps.

Realm

A native plugin for MongoDB Realm.

Screen brightness

Control screen brightness on iOS and android.

Speech recognition

A native plugin for speech recognition.

SQLite

Native & electron SQLite databases.

Stripe

SDK bindings for payment processing in Capacitor Applications.

Tauri

Support for the Tauri platform.

Text to speech

Synthesizing speech from text.

Twitter

Enable TwitterKit features for Capacitor.

Uxcam

Analytics and session recording for Android, iOS, and Web/PWA platforms.

WebSocket

Plugin providing native WebSocket implementations for each platform.

Updater

Live update for capacitor apps.

Live Reload

Reload Capacitor apps from a remote Vite dev server.

Capacitor Patch

Apply vetted Capgo patches during cap sync and cap update.

Capacitor+

Always-synced Capacitor fork with community fixes and faster releases.

Accelerometer

Read device accelerometer measurements.

Age Range

Cross-platform age range detection for Android and iOS.

Barometer

Access device barometer readings.

Brightness

Control screen brightness on iOS and Android.

Compass

Native compass heading plugin.

Device Info

Read CPU, memory, GPU, storage, and onboard sensor metrics.

Light Sensor

Access the device light sensor (Android only).

Mute

Detect if the mute switch is enabled/disabled on a device.

Pedometer

Access pedometer data including steps, distance, pace, cadence, and floors.

Persistent UUID

Persist an app UUID across reinstalls and updates.

Proximity

Monitor proximity sensor state in mobile apps.

Shake

Detect shake gesture in device.

Volume Buttons

Listen to volume button presses.

SIM

Get information from device's sim cards.

Camera Preview

Native camera preview with custom controls.

Document Scanner

Scan documents on iOS and Android.

Audio Recorder

Record audio on iOS, Android, and Web.

Native Audio

A native plugin for native audio engine.

Audio Session

Get notified about audio interrupts & route changes on iOS.

Screen Recorder

Record device's screen.

Video Player

Play video in native player.

Video Thumbnails

Generate video thumbnails from local or remote video files.

Photo Library

Display photo gallery as web page or native screen.

Asset Cache

Transparently cache large images and videos locally.

FFmpeg

Exposes the FFmpeg API to Capacitor.

IVS Player

Amazon IVS player for Capacitor apps.

JW Player

Play videos from jwplayer.com.

Mux Player

Native Mux Player SDK to play video on iOS and Android.

YouTube Player

Embed YouTube player controls in Capacitor apps.

Media Session

Expose media session controls of the device.

Data Storage SQLite

SQLite Storage of key/value strings pair.

Fast SQL

High-performance native SQLite plugin with custom protocol for efficient sync operations.

File

System operations compatible with Cordova File plugin API.

File Picker

Pick files, images, videos, and directories.

File Compressor

Efficient image compression supporting PNG, JPEG, and WebP formats.

File Sharer

Share and save files on Android, iOS, and Web.

Downloader

Download file in background or foreground.

Uploader

Upload file natively.

Zip

Zipping and unzipping files on iOS, Android, and Web.

Background Geolocation

Receive accurate geolocation updates even while the app is in the background.

Native Geocoder

Native forward and reverse geocoding.

Launch Navigator

Launch native route navigation apps for Android and iOS.

Mock Location Detector

Detect simulated GPS locations and spoofing developer tools.

App Attest

Device attestation with Apple App Attest (iOS) and Play Integrity (Android).

Device Integrity

Check Widevine, Play Integrity, App Attest, and DeviceCheck signals.

App Tracking Transparency

Request ATT authorization for tracking on iOS.

Native Biometric

Access native biometric APIs for Android and iOS.

Persona

Launch Persona inquiry flows on iOS and Android.

Social Login

All social logins in one plugin.

Passkey

WebAuthn-compatible passkey shim for native apps.

reCAPTCHA

Generate reCAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA Enterprise tokens.

SSL Pinning

Pin HTTPS certificates through CapacitorHttp on Android and iOS.

Verisoul

Fraud prevention sessions for Capacitor apps.

Autofill Save Password

Prompt to save login into device password manager.

Persistent Account

Securely store account information for a user.

Is Root

Jailbreak/Root Detection Plugin.

In App Browser

Native in-app browser for secure web content.

Live Activities

Manage iOS Live Activities from Capacitor.

Navigation Bar

Set navigation bar color for Android Lollipop and higher.

Native Navigation

Native navbar, tabbar, safe-area handling, and WebView transitions.

Home Indicator

Hide and show home button indicator in Capacitor app.

Screen Orientation

Control device orientation with support for bypassing orientation lock.

Flash

Switch the Flashlight / Torch of your device.

Keep Awake

Prevent the device screen from dimming or sleeping.

Text Interaction

Toggle text interaction in Capacitor based iOS apps.

Transitions

Framework-agnostic page transitions for Capacitor apps - iOS-style navigation.

Native Loader

Native animated loaders, transparent overlays, Lottie assets, and WebView resizing.

Pretty Toast

Native-first toast notifications for Capacitor and the web.

Privacy Screen

Hide app content in screenshots and app switcher previews.

Date Picker

Native date, time, date-time, year-month, and range pickers.

Printer

Print documents, HTML, PDFs, images and web views.

PDF Generator

Generate PDF files from HTML strings or URLs.

Sheets

Framework-agnostic sheets, drawers, dialogs, and overlay primitives.

Native Purchases

In-app Subscriptions Made Easy.

Pay

Trigger native payment for iOS (Apple Pay) and Android (Google Pay).

Stripe Identity

Verify identities with Stripe Identity.

Stripe Pay

Payment Sheet, Apple Pay, and Google Pay for Stripe.

Stripe Terminal

In-person Stripe Terminal payments.

Crisp

Native SDK for customer messaging and chat support.

Incoming Call Kit

Native incoming call UI with Android full-screen notifications and iOS CallKit.

Intercom

Customer messaging SDK integration for Capacitor apps.

NFC

Native NFC tag discovery, reading and writing for iOS and Android.

Bluetooth Low Energy

BLE plugin with support for scanning, connecting, reading, writing, and notifications.

MQTT

Connect to MQTT brokers on Android and iOS.

WiFi

Manage WiFi connectivity for your Capacitor app.

iBeacon

Proximity detection and beacon region monitoring.

Speech Recognition

Comprehensive on-device speech recognition with live partial results.

Speech Synthesis

Synthesize speech from text with full control over language, voice, pitch, rate, and volume.

Stream Call

Uses the getstream.io SDK to implement calling in Capacitor.

RealtimeKit

Cloudflare Calls integration for Capacitor apps with built-in UI for meetings.

Twilio Voice

Integrates the Twilio Voice SDK into Capacitor.

AdMob

Bridge AdMob SDKs for iOS and Android.

AppsFlyer

Attribution, analytics, and deep links for AppsFlyer.

GTM

Google Tag Manager plugin for Capacitor.

App Insights

A wrapper around the Apptopia App Insights SDK.

Contentsquare

Mobile analytics SDK integration for Capacitor apps.

Facebook Analytics

Meta/Facebook App Events analytics for Capacitor apps.

Install Referrer

Attribution via Google Play Install Referrer and Apple AdServices.

RudderStack

Analytics, identity, and event tracking for RudderStack.

Contacts

Work with device contacts using Capacitor APIs.

Calendar

Manage calendar events on iOS and Android.

Health

Interact with data from Apple HealthKit and Health Connect.

Native Market

A native market plugin for linking to Google Play or App Store.

In App Review

Prompt users to submit app store ratings and reviews without leaving your app.

Usage Stats Manager

Exposes the Android's UsageStatsManager SDK.

Android Age Signals

Exposes Google Play Age Signals to your app.

Android Inline Install

Trigger Android inline install feature.

Android Kiosk

Lock device into kiosk mode with launcher functionality.

Android SMS Retriever

SMS Retriever and Phone Number Hint APIs on Android.

Intent Launcher

Launch Android intents and open system settings screens on Android and iOS.

Supabase

Native Supabase SDK integration - Auth, Database, and JWT access.

Auto

CarPlay and Android Auto communication.

Intune

Microsoft Intune MAM enrollment, app protection policies, app config, and MSAL authentication.

WeChat

SDK for authentication, sharing, payments, and mini-programs.

Watch

Apple Watch communication with bidirectional messaging support.

Share Target

Receive shared content from other apps.

Widget Kit

Build iOS widgets, Live Activities, and shared App Group integrations.

Analytics

Firebase Analytics for Capacitor.

App

Firebase App for Capacitor.

App Check

Firebase App Check for Capacitor.

Authentication

Firebase Authentication for Capacitor.

Crashlytics

Firebase Crashlytics for Capacitor.

Firestore

Firebase Cloud Firestore for Capacitor.

Functions

Firebase Cloud Functions for Capacitor.

Messaging

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for Capacitor.

Performance

Firebase Performance Monitoring for Capacitor.

Remote Config

Firebase Remote Config for Capacitor.

Storage

Firebase Cloud Storage for Capacitor.

Alarm

Manage native alarms.

Background Task

Periodic background fetch tasks on iOS and Android.

Env

Set Env var in Capacitor config and read them at runtime.

Network Diagnostics

Run native network diagnostics from Capacitor.

WebView Crash

Detect recovered WebView crashes.

WebView Guardian

Detect when the WebView was killed in the background and relaunch it on foreground.

WebView Version Checker

Check Android WebView version and prompt users to update when needed.

LLM

Adds support for LLM locally run for Capacitor.

Ricoh360 Camera

SDK for the Ricoh360 cameras.

UWB

Ultra-Wideband ranging on iOS and Android.

Zebra DataWedge

Manage Zebra DataWedge profiles, notifications, queries, and soft scanning.

Background Geolocation

The most sophisticated background location-tracking & geofencing module with battery-conscious motion-detection intelligence for iOS and Android.

Background Fetch

Periodic callbacks in the background for both iOS and Android.

Background Geolocation Firebase

Firebase adapter for Capacitor Background Geolocation.

Biometric Auth

Easy access to native biometric auth APIs on iOS and Android.

Dark Mode

Universal, reliable dark mode support on the web, iOS and Android.

Logger

Better logging for the web and native Ionic/Capacitor apps.

Secure Storage

Secure, flexible storage for Capacitor apps using iOS Keychain and Android Keystore. Supports Keychain sync across devices on iOS.

Background tasks

A native plugin for running background tasks.

Badge

Access and update the badge number of the app icon.

Managed configuration

Capacitor plugin to access managed configuration settings.

Photo editor

Capacitor plugin that allows the user to edit a photo.

Apple Pay

Get Apple Pay payments in your app.

App Tracking Transparency

Request user authorization to access app-related data for tracking the user or the device. iOS only.

Brother Print

A native Brother Print SDK implementation for iOS & Android.

Biometric

Use biometrics confirm device owner presence or authenticate users.

capacitor-plugin-camera

A camera plugin that is designed to make it easy to perform image processing tasks like barcode reading and OCR. We can use reflection to get the camera frames in another plugin so that it can enjoy native performance.

Dark mode

Monitor the changes made to system's dark mode.

Data Storage SQLite

Providing a key-value permanent store for simple data of type string only to SQLite on iOS, Android and Electron platforms and to IndexedDB for the Web platform.

Document Scanner

Scan documents (notes, homework, business cards, receipts, or anything with a rectangular shape).

4 sub-lists

• Barcode Reader — Scan barcodes and QR codes using Dynamsoft Barcode Reader.
• Camera Preview — Access camera using Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer.
• Document Normalizer — Scan documents using Dynamsoft Document Normalizer.
• Label Recognizer — Recognize text on labels like MRZ on passports using Dynamsoft Label Recognizer.

Purchases

Capacitor in-app purchases and subscriptions made easy with RevenueCat.

Email composer

Open a native E-Mail Composer within your Capacitor App.

Facebook Analytics

Analytics integration for tracking app usage and events.

File selector

Select files form Android/iOS devices and the web.

Healthkit

Retrieve data from HealthKit.

Jitsi

Make video calls through the free, open-sourced Jitsi video platform.

Lightsensor

Get the illuminance level on the device.

Native Audio Player

Play audio that keeps playing in the background, player is shown in system controls, audio output can be switched between speaker/earpiece.

Native settings

Open native settings screens.

Navigation bar

Manipulation and control of the navigation bar visibility.

Oauth2

Generic OAuth 2 client plugin. It let you configure the OAuth parameters yourself instead of using SDKs.

Playlist

Native support for audio playlists, background support, and lock screen controls.

Print

Send WebView content to connected printers.

Rate app

Let users rate your app using native rate app dialog for both Android and iOS.

Read sms

Read the user's SMS with their permission.

Safe Area

Get SafeArea info on Android and IOS.

Screenshot

Take a screenshot of the current view.

Send intent

Expose a listener in your JavaScript application for when another application sends data to your Capacitor application via the Android share menu or share sheet.

Sentry

Add Sentry error tracking and performance monitoring for Capacitor apps.

Shamir

Shamir's Secret Sharing cryptographic algorithm.

Stripe terminal

Terminal plugin for in-person payment processing.

Sprig

All-in-one  product research platform.

Square Payments

Enable Square Payments for Capacitor.

Sumup

Mobile SDK for card payment processing.

UDP

Support both IPv6 and IPv4, multicast and broadcast.

Video player

Play a video full-screen on iOS, Android, Web and Electron platforms.

Zalo login

Authentication plugin for Vietnamese social network.

Photo library

Get all the images from system album.

WebSocket Client

Native client for real-time bidirectional communication.

Bing Translator

A simple and **free** API for using [Bing Translator](https://bing.com/translator).

Capacitor Calendar

A plugin for interacting with calendar and reminders.

Capacitor voice recorder

A plugin for simple voice recording.

capacitor-app-attest

Apple Attest with Ionic Capacitor.

capacitor-thermal-state

Monitor device thermal state (overheating detection) on iOS and Android.

capacitor-live-activities

Capacitor plugin to use Live Activities on iOS 16.2+.

capacitor-lottie-splash-screen

Capacitor plugin to use Lottie animations as splash screen.

NPM search

Docgen

Docs Readme Markdown and JSON Generator for Capacitor Plugins.

Plugin generator

Create a new Capacitor plugin.

Assets

Local Capacitor icon/splash screen resource generation tool.

Tailwind Capacitor

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.

lazycap

Terminal dashboard for Capacitor development with device management, builds, live reload, debugging, and AI assistant integration via MCP.

Capgo Skills

Check your Capacitor app compatibility and skills.

Capgo Security Scanner

Scan your Capacitor app for security vulnerabilities.

Capgo Semver Tester

Test semantic versioning compatibility for your app.

Capstart

CLI and starter toolkit for creating mobile apps with React, Supabase, and shadcn/ui, or adding native projects to existing web frameworks.

AASA Tester

Test Apple App Site Association (AASA) configuration.

vue-capacitor-haptics

A Vue 3 wrapper for the Capacitor Haptics plugin (composable + directive), providing an easy-to-use interface for adding haptic feedback to Ionic-Vue applications.

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.

Capacitor Crash Course

Learn to use Capacitor with Ionic by Simon Grimm.

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.

The Push Notifications Guide for Capacitor

Building cross platform app with Capacitor

A New Approach to Cross-Platform Development.

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.

capacitor-testapp

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.

capacitor-firebase-plugin-demo

Simple Ionic Angular app to demonstrate the use of certain Capacitor Firebase plugins.

capacitor-updater-plugin-demo

Simple Ionic Vue app to demonstrate the use of OTA updates.

Discord

Official Discord community.

Forum

Official Forum community.

Reddit

Official Reddit community.

Stack Overflow

Official Stack Overflow community.

Proposal

Official repo for plugin and platform requests.

Adrien

Creator of Capstart the best boilerplate for Capacitor and Capgo part-time developper.

Jordan

Creator of multiple mobile app and Capgo part-time developper.

Capgo consulting

Creator of this list and of Capgo live update system + 150 plugins.