Snapchat Open Sources Cross-Platform UI Framework

For eight years, Snapchat has used Valdi, a cross-platform UI framework, in-house. Now, it has open sourced the framework.

Valdi is designed to solve the fundamental problem of cross-platform development: velocity vs. runtime performance, the repo Readme states.

Although it has been used internally for nearly a decade, this is a beta release because the “tools and documentation need more battle testing in the open source world,” according to the repository. The goal is to improve developer experience before moving it out of beta.

“Valdi…