IONIC
- Angular2+HTML5+Sass+Apache Cordova
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Open Sourced, licensed under MIT
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Ability to interface with 120 native device features (camera, Bluetooth, etc)
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Command Line Interface to build, test, and deploy
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Testing can be done in a web browser, virtual device, or real device
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Strengths
Free to use,
Easy to learn,
Live Reload (saving in your text editor will propagate changes immediately),
Good community and documentation
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Weaknesses
Still a few bugs without work arounds,
Allows you to test in a web browser-renders very differently than virtual devices,
Huge difference in styling