https://blog.codemagic.io/tags/expo/Recent content in Expo on Codemagic blogHugoen©Nevercode Ltd | All Rights Reserved | Codemagic is pending trademark of Nevercode Ltd.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://blog.codemagic.io/react-native-ota-tools-in-2026/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://blog.codemagic.io/react-native-ota-tools-in-2026/<blockquote> <p>This article is written by <strong>Zach Goldie</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>React Native OTA tools in 2026 split across two clients, Expo Updates and CodePush-style, and two ways of running them, hosted or self-hosted. The clients are not interchangeable. You still need the matching SDK.</p> <h2 id="the-short-version">The short version</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Hosted Expo Updates:</strong> Expo&rsquo;s own service. Choose it if you are already on EAS and you are fine with Expo&rsquo;s pricing.</li> <li><strong>Revopush or Stallion:</strong> hosted CodePush alternatives. Choose them if you want someone else to run a CodePush-style service.</li> <li><strong>Codemagic Patch:</strong> a self-hosted CodePush successor. Choose it if you want to run the server yourself, with a dashboard and an installer.</li> <li><strong>Third-party Expo Updates servers:</strong> keep the <code>expo-updates</code> client off EAS. Choose this if you want Expo&rsquo;s client without Expo&rsquo;s bill, and you will keep the server in sync when Expo changes the SDK.</li> <li><strong>Hot Updater:</strong> a self-hosted CodePush alternative with a tidy installer. Very popular, but it has no dashboard or release metrics.</li> </ul> <h2 id="hosted-options">Hosted options</h2> <h3 id="hosted-expo-updates-eas-update">Hosted Expo Updates (EAS Update)</h3> <p>If you are already on Expo and EAS, hosted Expo Updates is still the default starting point in 2026. It is first-party, well documented, and it uses the <code>expo-updates</code> protocol along with the rest of EAS.</p>