Turtle CLI is a command line interface for building Expo standalone apps. You can use it both on your CI and your private computer.
- Turtle - script which takes a shell app, fills it with user's code and produces a standalone app
- Shell app — precompiled (in case of iOS builds) Expo app which doesn't have user's code
- Standalone app - .ipa/.apk file, a user uploads standalone apps to the Google Play Store/Apple App Store
Installation instructions and documentation here.
See the expo/turtle-cli-example repository to learn how to use Turtle CLI in order to build Expo standalone apps on your CI.
- Make sure you've read the Expo Docs, especially Building Standalone Apps on Your CI and Building Standalone Apps guides.
- Search for existing GitHub issues in this repository and in expo/expo repository.
- Ask for help in one of the following ways:
- create a GitHub issue.
- create a new topic on Expo Forums.
- ask a question on Expo Developers Slack.
The Turtle CLI source code is made available under the MIT license. Some of the dependencies are licensed differently, with the BSD license, for example.