RhoMobile Suite

RhoMobile Suite, based on the Rhodes open source framework, is a set of development tools for creating data-centric, cross-platform, native mobile consumer and enterprise applications.

RhoMobile Suite consists of a set of tools for building, testing, debugging, integrating, deploying and managing consumer and enterprise apps.

It consists of the products Rhodes, RhoElements, RhoStudio, RhoConnect, and RhoGallery, and includes a built-in Model View Controller pattern, an Object Relational Mapper for data intensive apps, integrated data synchronization, and a broad API set.

These mobile development services are offered in the cloud and include hosted build, synchronization and application management.

It enables developers to use their existing HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ruby skills to build native apps for all popular operating systems, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8.

The broad base of enterprise APIs supports features such as RFID capture, bar code scanning and payment processing.

RhoStudio is a free Eclipse plug-in, allowing users to develop an application once for deployment on many mobile platforms.

It simplifies an enterprise mobile app’s basic backend application integration, enabling users to have their data with them at all times whether or not they connect.

Both paid levels include Rhodes and RhoStudio as well as RhoElements (enhanced enterprise features such as barcode reading and automatic data encryption), Cloud Build and a Visual Studio plug-in, RhoConnect, RhoGallery and online support.

Since 2015 RhoMobile Suite is distributed with MIT license free to use, with commercial support provided by Tau Technologies.