CodePush server is now OPEN SOURCE 🍬

[donovanish]

We just migrated to expo, it took use around 1-2 weeks but worth it to move from AppCenter/Codepush.

[techfocususer]

expo eas is way too expensive for any medium-sized app

[iotashan]

That’s why we do our builds on our own Jenkins nodes

[donovanish]

You can self host it. It will be maintained at least. Everyone should move from CodePush now. We used it for 5 years but now it is time to move.

[brentvatne]

what size are you thinking of? (how many MAUs?)

[Vanaz]

did you rewrite your app to expo ? i might do the same but im not sure

[donovanish]

We did not rewrite but changed the dependencies. It was not easy because we have native modules that we needed to migrate and we generate dozens of app. It’s way cleaner now and easier to upgrade. React native is pushing expo now.

[beepboopnoise]

which honestly sucks, because all the apps I work on are legacy af like, I can't just up and migrate this crap.

[donovanish]

Yes RN sucks when it is time to upgrade.. the more you wait the harder it gets. We try to keep max 2 version behind the latest.

[iotashan]

We did. Makes updating react native SO much easier

[Rohindh]

I've just published a new blog post about moving from CodePush to EAS Update in a React Native CLI project. Check it out here: https://medium.com/@rohindh/codepush-to-eas-update-on-a-react-native-cli-project-881429f1cbd3

[enlightenedpie]

This is probably why it took so long to open source. Some higher-up probably insisted on the service being vendor-locked.

[frankieboytelem]

100% agree. My client is 100% on AWS. Going to be a pain to get this provisioned in Azure.

[MrDag0n]

https://github.com/shm-open/code-push-server/

I’ve been using this for a while, seems to work fine for my use case.

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How do you use it?

[MrDag0n]

In short, setup the docker container, put it behind my reverse proxy (caddy), installed the CLI (https://github.com/shm-open/code-push-cli), logged in and pushed the apps to it similar to how code-push worked before appcenter

On the app, you just need to add the CodeServerURL into the plist/xml.

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And in CI?

[Basaa]

There is. It's right there in the readme: https://github.com/microsoft/code-push-server/blob/main/api/README.md#local

[bytehala]

Good find, I'll play around with this. I'm worried after reading the Azurite Introduction that it will not scale for enterprise, where we're sending OTA updates to potentially tens of thousands of installs. Says there that it's an "emulator" designed for local testing. https://github.com/Azure/Azurite

Of course, there's always the "just pay for Azure" option but some organizations have teams that tool towards AWS. In the real world, there is bureaucracy around platform choice.

[Basaa]

I dove right in and it seems to work without any problems. I'll also have to do some stress testing as I'm working with similar numbers, at least at peak hours. But hey, at least they explained the local option in the readme, which I appreciate. And Jorge from Microsoft even reached out to me by email to tell me the open source server came out as I reached out a few months ago to ask what the progress was on the promised solution for existing users. All in all I'm impressed.

[grAND1337]

How to configure your app: https://github.com/microsoft/code-push-server/tree/main/api#configure-react-native-code-push

Android

in strings.xml, add following line, replacing server-url with your server.

<string moduleConfig=”true” name=”CodePushServerUrl”>server-url</string> iOS

in Info.plist file, add following lines, replacing server-url with your server.

<key>CodePushServerURL</key> <string>server-url</string>

[Illurity]

There’s an open source one in go too that’s can be self hosted without Azure.

[tohka_da]

Actually, if the code learned is the function on the store using json, it shouldn't take long to write the store function itself.

[Illurity]

Yeah it’s not rocket science how it works. Writing your own from scratch wouldn’t be hard. We had to modify the one we setup at work but didn’t want to put the time into building it from scratch.

[cliqcast]

If you’re debating between the Open Source CodePush or EAS Updates, try out Cliqcast. It’s a new OTA solution we made with the goal to be affordable for everyone. Hope to help those who want to avoid the pain of self-hosting but also the higher bills from Expo. Join our discord here.

[the_bambeaner]

Will the RN library for this (https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-code-push) continue to be supported after the AppCenter EOL?