# Shopify/tophat

Easily install and test mobile applications with a single click.

Repository: https://github.com/Shopify/tophat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tophat
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, ios, productivity, swift, swiftui, xcode
Last push: 2026-08-31T20:53:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 53
- inputs: {"age_days": 747, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 2, "gap_med": 38, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1066, forks 38 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:57.859837+00:00)

## What it is
Tophat is a macOS desktop application by Shopify for installing and testing mobile applications on iOS and Android devices with a single click. It fetches builds from CI artifact providers via URLs, Quick Launch, or the tophatctl CLI, and is extensible through the TophatKit SDK.

## Use cases
- install CI-built mobile app builds on devices without cloning repos
- let contributors test pull requests on simulators or devices
- quickly launch the latest build of frequently used apps
- manage and pin multiple test devices
- integrate custom build and caching systems via extensions

## When to choose
- your team builds mobile apps with CI and wants one-click installs
- you want testers to try PR builds without local builds
- you need a launcher for frequently tested app builds on iOS or Android

## When to avoid
- you only develop web or desktop applications
- you have no CI pipeline producing app artifacts
- you need automated UI testing rather than app installation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, deployment, testing, cli, gui
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, testing
- platform: -
- tags: mobile-app-testing, ci-artifacts, xcode, swiftui, artifact-providers, device-management, automation, macos, ios, android, swift

## Member repositories
- Shopify/tophat (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:57.859837+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:55:13.799303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Shopify/tophat (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:57.859837+00:00, sha 40ac1ed50441)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.