Any version that doesn’t have a -alpha, -beta, -RC postfix in the version name.
Note: Stable versions are fully tested versions that are stable at the moment of release. These versions can potentially contain experimental features but only behind experimental feature flags, which need to be explicitly enabled to become active.
The latest stable version with the highest version number (e.g. 0.68.2).
The highest version number is defined following the NPM semver algorithm tagged as "latest".
The version of React Native is not fully released yet and is currently in development/testing. "next version" may refer to the active release candidate or the anticipated release candidate that has not yet been cut from main.
A React Native release that has a rc.<number> suffix and has been cut from main. It is not considered stable and is not recommended for production yet.
A collection of versions (either stable or not stable) sharing the same minor version (e.g. 0.68.0-RC0, 0.68.0, 0.68.1 are all part of the 0.68 minor series).
Every release minor has a separate release branch. Ex. all 0.72.x releases are shipped from 0.72-stable branch. Every release branch follows the format <major>.<minor>-stable.
This refers to packages under react-native/packages. Technically, react-native is a "monorepo package" but the term generally means any package we publish under the @react-native scope on npm.
Monorepo packages (RFC) were iterated on in 0.71 and officially shipped in 0.72.