# Bringing Lighthouse to the App: Building Performance Metrics for React Native

DevFeed: [Bringing Lighthouse to the App: Building Performance Metrics for React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bringing-lighthouse-to-the-app-building-performance-metrics-for-react-native-29994.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.indeedblog.com/blog/2026/03/bringing-lighthouse-to-the-app-building-performance-metrics-for-react-native/>)

Author: Ben Cripps

Published: 2026-03-03T19:13:53Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Indeed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/indeed.md>)

Topics: [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Core Web Vitals](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/core-web-vitals.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [app-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-performance.md>), [core-web-vitals](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/core-web-vitals.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>), [time-to-interactive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time-to-interactive.md>), [unsorted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unsorted.md>)

## AI overview

Indeed describes an open-source React Native repository for measuring Lighthouse-style performance metrics in mobile apps. The article explains adapting Core Web Vitals concepts to React Native, including Time to First Frame and Time to Interactive, to assess screen loading and interaction readiness.

## Source excerpt

At Indeed we've open sourced a new React Native repository which makes it simple to measure Lighthouse scores in your mobile apps. We think it will help other organizations better measure their app performance, especially for companies similar to Indeed who are transitioning from a web-first to an app-first approach. You can check out the [...]