Juan David Nicholls
Founder & Lead Developer
Founder of Proyecto 26, Full-Stack Developer and Open Source Contributor with over 13 years of expertise in web, mobile, game, blockchain, and cloud development. Skilled in building scalable architectures, seamless user experiences, and driving innovation through Open Source. Passionate about sharing knowledge as a speaker and mentor.
Our Mission
"Changing the world with small contributions"
Proyecto 26 believes the world changes through small, consistent contributions. We create open source tools not just to empower developers, but because we grow by sharing — teaching others teaches us. Every line of code shared freely is a seed planted in the global community. One contribution at a time.
Technical Expertise
Languages
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- C#
- Solidity
- SQL (PostgreSQL)
Frontend Web & Mobile
- React
- RemixJS/React Router
- Angular/NgRx
- Redux Toolkit
- React Query
- React Native
- Ionic
- NativeScript
- VueJS
- PhaserJS/PixiJS
- Unity
Backend
- Node.js
- ExpressJS
- NestJS
- Temporal
- FastAPI
- Django
- ASP.NET MVC/WebAPI
- MongoDB
- Firebase
- Redis
- Microservices
Cloud & Tools
- Azure
- GCP
- AWS
- Docker
- PostHog
- Datadog
- CI/CD
Our Journey
Founded Proyecto 26
Started the journey of building open source tools for developers.
Roxy Fileman for Node.js
Roxy Fileman, upload and manage files with Node.js!
Unity RestClient
Created a promise-based REST client that became essential for Unity developers.
Kinetic Scrolling Plugin for Phaser Framework
Add smooth physics based scrolling to your games
MyBot
🧠 Create chatbots easily with Bot Framework! 🤖
InAppBrowser for React Native and NativeScript
Released the most popular InAppBrowser library for React Native and NativeScript.
MercadoPago for React Native (Enterprise)
A native bridge to use Mercado Pago Mobile Checkout with React Native (Android & iOS) by using Java and Objective-C.
Web Components Era
Launched Animatable Component and IonPhaser for modern web animations and game development.
Record Audio Button (Enterprise)
Web Component built with Stencil.js for Recording Audio from Web using Web RTC and Mobile using native plugins, with a swipe gesture using Ionic Animations inspired by WhatsApp.
useDictionary
A React useReducer() hook to use dictionaries (keys and values) 🔑
ProjectX Template
A real-world event-driven Full-Stack TypeScript template designed for production-ready Temporal workflows. Features a modern monorepo setup with React Router v7, NestJS, TailwindCSS v4, Docker, and AI-first tooling.
4,500+ GitHub Stars
Our projects reached thousands of developers worldwide.
Let's Build Together
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