Kendo UI vs Tabris Framework

Kendo UI is separated into a commercial and open source frameworks. The core of Kendo UI is in the open source frameworks, but some usability and benefits of Kendo UI are lost without the commercial version.

Kendo knows what device it is being viewed on so it can adjust the UI accordingly. If a user is on a PC the user will see things differently than on a mobile device. Between iOS and Android the user will also notice a different as it pulls from the core UI of those core systems.

An interactive tool that has been created to customize an apps theme. Users are able to select from many pre-defined themes, edit them, and download the theme to bring into a project.

Connect your PC and mobile device through Wi-Fi using Tabris CLI - and just hit the Refresh button in your application to see the latest code version in action. No emulators or attempts to run a mobile application in the browser.

Most Cordova plugins work with Tabris as plug-n-play modules, without any special tuning.

Tabris is very easy to use. You can just download Tabris Dev App from Play Store/AppStore and run any example from GitHub or code snippet from documentation right away using Playground. Documentation is easy-to-follow, and to start developing in your local environment you should only download lightweight CLI tool that will pull application code from your PC to mobile device using Wi-Fi.

Tabris using native widgets - it makes your app run faster and look...native - regardless of platform. Stop trying to make your buttons look "like real iOS buttons" when you can just use the native ones.

Framework and all required tools are free. Playground and Dev App - free. Online build services -for free. For some time local build service was under a paywall, but now that feature is also free for everyone.