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fastlane vs Shipit: What are the differences?
What is fastlane? Connect all iOS deployment tools into one streamlined workflow. fastlane lets you define and run your deployment pipelines for different environments. It helps you unify your app’s release process and automate the whole process. fastlane connects all fastlane tools and third party tools, like CocoaPods.
What is Shipit? Pure JavaScript deployment tool used by Ghost blogging platform. Shipit is an automation engine and a deployment tool written for node / iojs. Shipit was built to be a Capistrano alternative for people who don't know ruby, or who experienced some issues with it. If you want to write tasks in JavaScript and enjoy the node ecosystem, Shipit is also for you.
fastlane belongs to "Mobile Continuous Integration" category of the tech stack, while Shipit can be primarily classified under "Server Configuration and Automation".
fastlane and Shipit are both open source tools. fastlane with 31.7K GitHub stars and 4.87K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Shipit with 5.16K GitHub stars and 210 GitHub forks.
Atolye15, bitpanda GmbH, and KAVAK are some of the popular companies that use fastlane, whereas Shipit is used by Netbeast, Ghost, and 20scoops Technologies. fastlane has a broader approval, being mentioned in 187 company stacks & 207 developers stacks; compared to Shipit, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.
Pros of fastlane
- Easy to use20
- Open Source13
- Itunes connect deployment13
- Incredible flexability11
- Third party integrations9
- Provisioning profile management3
- Certificate management3
- All in one iOS DevOps1
- Can be used for Android as well1
- Integrate anything with fastlane0
Pros of Shipit
- Simple2
- Great configuration2
- Agentless2