# expo-blur

> A component that renders a native blur view on iOS and falls back to a semi-transparent view on Android. A common usage of this is for navigation bars, tab bars, and modals.

Latest version **57.0.3** (published 2026-09-11) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install expo-blur
pnpm add expo-blur
yarn add expo-blur
bun add expo-blur
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 57.0.3 |
| Published | 2026-09-11 |
| First published | 2019-03-05 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 137.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52327 |
| Author | 650 Industries, Inc. |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman |
| Keywords | react-native, expo, expo-blur |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-blur
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/blur-view/
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/expo-blur

## Recent versions

- 57.0.3 (latest) — 2026-09-11
- 58.0.0 (next) — 2026-09-10
- 58.0.0-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 55.0.18 (sdk-55) — 2026-08-25
- 56.0.4 (sdk-56) — 2026-07-15
- 56.0.4-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 55.0.9-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 13.0.3 (sdk-51) — 2025-01-27
- 12.9.2 (sdk-50) — 2024-02-16
- 58.0.0-canary-20260902-26df09e — 2026-09-02
- 58.0.0-canary-20260901-2164f24 — 2026-09-02
- 55.0.17 — 2026-08-17
- 58.0.0-canary-20260812-27f94d4 — 2026-08-12
- 58.0.0-canary-20260806-8c2d007 — 2026-08-06
- 57.0.0-canary-20260723-64edab9 — 2026-07-23
- … 231 more at https://npm.io/package/expo-blur/versions

## README

<p>
  <a href="https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/blur-view/">
    <img
      src="../../.github/resources/expo-blur.svg"
      alt="expo-blur"
      height="64" />
  </a>
</p>

A component that renders a native blur view on iOS and falls back to a semi-transparent view on Android. A common usage of this is for navigation bars, tab bars, and modals.

# API documentation

- [Documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/blur-view/)
- [Documentation for the main branch](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/unversioned/sdk/blur-view/)

# Installation in managed Expo projects

For [managed](https://docs.expo.dev/archive/managed-vs-bare/) Expo projects, please follow the installation instructions in the [API documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/blur-view/).

# Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have [installed and configured the `expo` package](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules/) before continuing.

### Add the package to your npm dependencies

```
npx expo install expo-blur
```

### Configure for Android

> [!note]
> This package only supports iOS. On Android, a plain `View` with a translucent background will be rendered.

### Configure for iOS

Run `npx pod-install` after installing the npm package.

# Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the [contributing guide](https://github.com/expo/expo#contributing).

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