
Titanium translates your hard won web skills into native applications that perform and look just like they were written in Objective-C [iPhone and iPad] or Java [Android].
What is it?
A free and open source application development platform, Titanium lets you create native mobile, tablet and desktop application experiences using existing web skills like Javascript, HTML, CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP. Titanium uses a JavaScript API as a bridge to the platform’s native API. This gives developers access to a range of native UI elements and hardware features using JavaScript. The final app consists of native code that is executed by JavaScript at runtime.

Strengths
Translates code into native application code, which is better than PhoneGap in terms of performance
Application can be deployed on desktop systems or mobile devices
Free and open source
