The internet tends to flatten everything into “it's React”. React Native for Windows is quite different from embedding a web React app in the OS shell. It’s es

The internet tends to flatten everything into “it's React”. React Native for Windows is quite different from embedding a web React app in the OS shell. It’s essentially a renderer that maps React components to native WinUI controls. So saying “Windows Start is written in React” is a bit like saying an iOS app built with SwiftUI is “written in HTML”.