Ship instant updates with Codemagic Patch
Self-hosted over-the-air updates for React Native. Push immediate fixes and speed up release cycles.
Don't wait days for an approval
Push JavaScript and bundled assets to installed apps without waiting on a full store release every time.
Push instant fixes
Control the full release path to get an urgent fix straight to users' devices.
Ship on your schedule
Ship updates as often as you want, without delays from store reviews.
Roll out and back
Revert a bad release or only fully roll out a release when you're ready.
Why use Patch for your OTA updates
Invisible installs, reliable deliveries and release dashboard all in a complete Docker Compose.
Invisible updates
- Binary diffs mean smaller downloads for users
- Install updates while the app is in the background
- Critical updates can be wired to user approval buttons
Reliable delivery
- Checks and downloads stay on the CDN, not your API
- Edge cache is purged after each release
- Metrics report back to the API on a separate path
Publish and monitor releases
- Web dashboard for releases, metrics, and team access
- Reduce risk with controlled rollouts and promotions
- Monitor release adoption with graphs of version adoption
Run it yourself
- One command brings up the local evaluation stack
- Try an OTA update with the included demo app
- Deploy the same stack on a VM for production
How Patch compares
Patch, Expo Updates, and Hot Updater all ship JS updates to installed apps. They differ in hosting, ops, and how much you assemble yourself.
| Expo Updates | Hot Updater | Codemagic Patch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting | EAS-hosted | Bring-your-own via plugins | Self-hosted Compose stack |
| Fingerprinting | |||
| Binary diffs | |||
| Update checks | Expo's API | Your server | Storage or CDN |
| Release UI | EAS web UI | Local console | Team web dashboard |
| Team RBAC | |||
| License | EAS usage pricing | MIT | Codemagic Server License |
Codemagic Patch
- Hosting
- Self-hosted Compose stack
- Fingerprinting
- Binary diffs
- Update checks
- Storage or CDN
- Release UI
- Team web dashboard
- Team RBAC
- License
- Codemagic Server License
Expo Updates
- Hosting
- EAS-hosted
- Fingerprinting
- Binary diffs
- Update checks
- Expo's API
- Release UI
- EAS web UI
- Team RBAC
- License
- EAS usage pricing
Hot Updater
- Hosting
- Bring-your-own via plugins
- Fingerprinting
- Binary diffs
- Update checks
- Your server
- Release UI
- Local console
- Team RBAC
- License
- MIT
This is a high-level comparison, products are subject to change.
Built by Codemagic
Codemagic has been building mobile CI/CD for over 10 years. Our teams have delivered billions of over-the-air updates to production apps. Patch brings that experience to a self-hosted stack you control.