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. It allows developers to build native mobile apps using web technologies, such as CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript and Ruby. Developers can deploy RhoMobile Suite to write an app once and run it on the most-used operating systems, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Desktop. Developers control how apps behave on different devices. 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. RhoMobile was part of Zebra Technologies following the October 2014 acquisition of Motorola Solutions by Zebra until 2016 when the project was open sourced. RhoMobile source code is maintained by Tau Technologies, an independent software vendor founded by RhoMobile team members, who provides RhoMobile related consulting and development services. History Formerly known as Rhodes Framework, RhoMobile was founded by Adam Blum in September 2008, along with the creation of the Rhodes project on GitHub. The subsequent months saw releases that added iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Android development support. In May 2009, RhoMobile was a winner at Interop 2009 as the event’s "Best Start Up Company." In November 2009 RhoHub was launched as the beginning of RhoMobile’s hosted, cross-platform development services. In May 2010, RhoMobile was a Web 2.0 Expo LaunchPad winner. Motorola Solutions then acquired the company in October 2011. In 2012, RhoMobile was one of InfoWorld's 2012 Technology of the Year Award winners. In 2013, RhoMobile Suite won the About.com Reader’s Choice Award for being the Best Tool for Cross-Platform Formatting on Apps. In April 2014, Zebra Technologies acquired Motorola Solutions for $3.45 billion, with the transaction completed in October 2014. Since 2016 the project is maintained by Tau Technologies. Overview RhoMobile Suite Products RhoMobile Suite includes Rhodes, RhoElements, RhoStudio, RhoConnect, RhoHub and RhoGallery. Rhodes Rhodes is a free and open source framework and the foundation for the RhoMobile application development platform. It enables developers to use their existing HTML, CSS, JavaScript and