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PhoneGap / Adobe PhoneGap Build

Shut Down — October 2020

Reviewed byRoman K· 2020-10-01

What was it?

The original hybrid mobile framework. Wrap HTML/CSS/JS in a native container. Powered by Apache Cordova.

What happened?

Adobe discontinued PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build. Apache Cordova continues but adoption cratered.

Migration Guide

Capacitor (Cordova successor by Ionic), React Native, or Flutter for cross-platform mobile.

Timeline & context

PhoneGap / Adobe PhoneGap Build shut down in October 2020, 6 years ago. It sat in the ci-cd category, where Soft.xyz tracks 7 discontinued products in total. If you are still running it in production, the migration path above is the shortest route off it.

FAQ

Why did PhoneGap / Adobe PhoneGap Build shut down?

Adobe discontinued PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build. Apache Cordova continues but adoption cratered.

What should I migrate PhoneGap / Adobe PhoneGap Build to?

No drop-in replacement is tracked yet — check the ci-cd category for current options.

Is there a free alternative to PhoneGap / Adobe PhoneGap Build?

Not among the tracked alternatives.

Also dead in ci-cd

Visual Studio App Center — 2025 Visual Studio App Center — 2025 Ionic Appflow (Free) — 2024 Heroku GitHub Integration — 2024 CircleCI Free Tier (6000 build mins) — 2024 Apache Cordova — 2024