# Kesha Antonov

> Kesha (Innokenty) Antonov, in Russian Кеша (Иннокентий) Антонов, is a lead software engineer, product manager and founder working mainly with React Native. He maintains react-native-gifted-chat and five other React Native libraries with 19,915,554 npm downloads in total (as of 2026-11-09), and built mobile apps with about 250,000 installs (checked 2026-11-09).

The site is a single page in two languages. Every number on it comes from npm, GitHub, App Store Connect, Google Play or RuStore. The fact sheets below repeat those numbers with their source and date, in plain Markdown.

## Site

- [Portfolio, English](https://kesha-antonov.com/): case studies, client work, own products, open source, contests, contact
- [Portfolio, Russian](https://kesha-antonov.com/ru/): the same page in Russian
- [Fact sheet, English](https://kesha-antonov.com/llms-full.txt): every verified fact with source and date
- [Fact sheet, Russian](https://kesha-antonov.com/ru/llms-full.txt): the same in Russian

## Open source

- [GitHub profile](https://github.com/kesha-antonov)
- [npm profile](https://www.npmjs.com/~kesha-antonov)
- [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/kesha-antonov)
- [react-native-gifted-chat](https://github.com/FaridSafi/react-native-gifted-chat): The default chat UI library for React Native. Kesha has been its maintainer since August 2024. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-gifted-chat
- [@kesha-antonov/react-native-chat](https://github.com/kesha-antonov/react-native-chat): Successor to Gifted Chat by Kesha, released in 2026: streaming messages, reactions, Web support. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kesha-antonov/react-native-chat
- [react-native-zoom-reanimated](https://github.com/kesha-antonov/react-native-zoom-reanimated): Pinch, pan and double-tap zoom for images, in the style of Apple Photos. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-zoom-reanimated
- [@kesha-antonov/react-native-background-downloader](https://github.com/kesha-antonov/react-native-background-downloader): File downloads and uploads that keep running when the app goes to the background. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kesha-antonov/react-native-background-downloader
- [@kesha-antonov/react-native-action-cable](https://github.com/kesha-antonov/react-native-action-cable): Rails ActionCable channels over WebSocket for React Native. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kesha-antonov/react-native-action-cable
- [react-native-cloud-sync](https://github.com/kesha-antonov/react-native-cloud-sync): iCloud, CloudKit and Google Drive file sync under one API. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-cloud-sync

## Apps on the site

- [Magisteria on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/id1543015350): lectures, courses and audiobooks; Kesha is its only engineer since 2018
- [Magisteria on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.magisteria.app)
- [Magisteria on RuStore](https://www.rustore.ru/catalog/app/ru.magisteria.magisteria_app)
- [CryptoC on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.ssoul.CryptoC): crypto portfolio tracker, his own product since 2017
- [CryptoC on RuStore](https://www.rustore.ru/catalog/app/co.ssoul.CryptoC)

## Contests

- [Telegram Fixes](https://contest.com/telegram-fixes): 2nd place, $6,000
- [TON Blockchain Contest, Round 2](https://contest.com/ton-consensus-challenge): 3rd place, $2,000
- [JavaScript Chart](https://contest.com/chart-js): 4th place, $1,000

## Contact

- Email: innokenty.longway@gmail.com
- [Telegram @kesha_antonov](https://t.me/kesha_antonov)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kesha-antonov)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/kesha-antonov)