TL;DR

In React Native the editing runs in native code, so what you pick is the bridge layer.

Four of the eight publish a current React Native package. Only two of those declare a codegen spec, and one of the three without a spec shipped this month.

Two never run on the device: both render on a server, and the one browser preview among them is desktop-only.

FFmpegKit is retired. Repository archived 2 July 2026, last React Native release September 2023.

Package-and-docs screen, no device runs.

If you are picking a React Native video editor, start with the layer you will actually own: the JavaScript package and its native bridge.

Read who publishes it, under which license, whether it declares a codegen spec, when it last shipped, and where the editing work runs. Those five answers narrow the field faster than any feature list.

This is the screening pass. I read packages and documentation to decide which options are worth putting on a device at all.…