Why Is Everyone Talking About Lynx? The Architect’s Breakdown

Talk: Xuan Huang - “Lynx: Unlock Native for More”, React Summit 2025

Lynx, a new cross-platform stack adopted by the TikTok app that empowers teams to ship truly native UIs to mobile and web from a single codebase using their existing web skills like CSS and React, has recently been open sourced.

In this talk, we’ll explore what makes Lynx familiar and what sets it apart from other cross-platform technologies; we’ll take a closer look at its dual-threaded design, and how that enables Lynx’s instant launches and silky-smooth interactions, plus a sneak peak at what’s next for Lynx.