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Dear Apple and Google: still no app rollbacks?
Native support for app rollbacks is still missing in the app stores, and could be a game-changer for delivering reliable mobile experiences. Are Cupertino and Mountain View paying attention?

The special case of mobile DevOps
Adapting DevOps for the mobile context is an ongoing process, but essential for the continued success and evolution of mobile apps.

Sponsoring a developer conference for sales and marketing
We were one of the sponsors at Droidcon San Francisco 2024, and learned a lot about what it’s like being on the other side of the sponsor tables.

Introducing Reldex: Measure release process effectiveness
A new human-friendly scoring and grading system to help mobile app teams measure the effectiveness of their release process.

Build Distribution
Tramline is on a mission to be the sole platform you need for your app releases. A major step towards it is to provide a unified and streamlined experience for mobile teams, particularly when it comes to the two dominant stores: App Store and Play Store.

Release Visibility
Current Store Status, Slack notifications, All Builds — Features that increase visibility and add insights into your release cycle!

Applelink: Practical API Recipes for App Store Connect Workflows
As an open source release coordination platform, Tramline integrates with many different systems that are used while shipping mobile apps. Here we talk about why we wrote Applelink, an open source free-standing wrapper over the App Store Connect API.

Announcing open source and open sign-ups
Our code is now open source under the Apache License 2.0, and anyone can sign up on the SaaS platform.

Introducing Macige: CI workflow generator for mobile app development
Writing CI server build workflows for mobile apps is cumbersome and time consuming. Macige is an open source CI workflow generator, with a set of popular customizations used in app development.

2022: here and beyond
2022 was a long and eventful year for Tramline, and as we step into the new year, we wanted to do a quick recap and talk about where we’re headed.

From feature-driven delivery to timeline-driven delivery
How to not feel burdened by a release date, and go back on focusing on what is important — building features and eliminating bugs.

Git branching patterns for mobile app development
Picking a branching strategy has far-reaching consequences: it determines how developers collaborate, how code gets deployed, and how easy it is to understand changes when debugging.