Editing Cross-platform software (section)

{{short description|Computer software installed on multiple computing platforms}}
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Within [[computing]], '''cross-platform software''' (also called '''multi-platform software''', '''platform-agnostic software''', or '''platform-independent software''') is [[computer software]] that is designed to work in several [[Computing platform|computing platforms]].<ref name="Sun-Web-00">{{cite web|url=http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed1/dg/higq.htm|title=Design Guidelines: Glossary|access-date=2011-10-19|publisher=java.sun.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213051244/http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed1/dg/higq.htm |archive-date=2012-02-13 }}</ref> Some cross-platform software requires a separate build for each platform, but some can be directly run on any platform without special preparation, being written in an [[interpreted language]] or compiled to portable [[bytecode]] for which the [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreters]] or run-time packages are common or standard components of all supported platforms.<ref name="pcmag_cross_platform">{{cite web|title=SDD Technology blog: Definition of cross platform|url=https://www.sdd-technology.com/news/definition-of-cross-platform|access-date=2020-10-18|publisher=SDD Technology}}</ref>

For example, a cross-platform [[application software|application]] may run on [[Linux]], [[macOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. Cross-platform software may run on many platforms, or as few as two. Some frameworks for cross-platform development are [[Codename One]], ArkUI-X, [[Kivy (framework)|Kivy]], [[Qt (software)|Qt]], [[GTK]], [[Flutter (software)|Flutter]], [[NativeScript]], [[Xamarin]], [[Apache Cordova]], [[Ionic (mobile app framework)|Ionic]], and [[React Native]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.codeproject.com/articles/1079101/xamarin-vs-ionic-a-mobile-cross-platform-shootout|title=Xamarin vs Ionic: A Mobile, Cross Platform, Shootout|author=Lee P Richardson|date=2016-02-16}}</ref>