When comparing Tizen vs Onsen UI, the Slant community recommends Onsen UI for most people. In the question“What are the best frameworks for creating mobile web apps?” Onsen UI is ranked 5th while Tizen is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Onsen UI is:
Onsen UI is open source, and completely free to use.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Open source
Some parts of the OS are open source.
Pro Fast
Pro HTML5-based
Pro Open source and free
Onsen UI is open source, and completely free to use.
Pro Can be used for web apps as well
Onsen UI is usable for classic web development as well as mobile.
Pro Large selection of components
Onsen UI provides a wide selection of components that are ready to use out of the box and are easily customizable.
Pro Easy to use
Onsen UI provides very clear, well-written and detailed documentation.
It uses popular technologies that are likely already familiar to developers (such as jQuery and Angular).
The framework is semantic and intuitive to use, making it quite fast to learn.
Pro Supports React
React is the most trending front-end UI framework, naturally supporting that is a plus.
Cons
Con Based on EFL libraries
A perfect experience of a developer working with EFL: https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/15001/enlightened
Con Worst Code Base
Amihai Neiderman, a Kaspersky Labs researcher said, “It may be the worst code I’ve ever seen, Everything you can do wrong there, they do it. You can see that nobody with any understanding of security looked at this code or wrote it.”
Con Lack of apps
Con Aesthetically unappealing
Con Lack of security
With the recent discoveries of a number of security flaws, tizen is no longer a secure OS that it advertises.