# Capacitor in a nutshell

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-in-a-nutshell/150144>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-in-a-nutshell/150144 "2018-12-12T15:27:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kyrax80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@Kyrax80](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Kyrax80)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-in-a-nutshell/150144/1 "2018-12-12T15:27:04Z")

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Could someone explain in an easy way what’s Capacitor and its main difference with Cordova?

In all the place I readthey just say a lot of terminology and it’s not clear to me.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![anna\_liebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@anna\_liebt](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/anna_liebt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-in-a-nutshell/150144/2 "2018-12-12T18:57:02Z")

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hello,  
cordova old and mostly stable, capacitor new and beta.  
In the future maybe capacitor became something like cordova on steriods.

Best regards, anna-liebt

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**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-in-a-nutshell/150144/3 "2021-07-19T21:03:56Z")

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Closed on July 19, 2021, 9:03pm UTC