# expo/xde

The Expo Development Environment

Repository: https://github.com/expo/xde
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xde
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: expo
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-09-25T14:25:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4052, "days_push": 2899, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1159, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:48.661289+00:00)

## What it is
XDE (Expo Development Environment) was a desktop GUI application for building and running Expo/React Native projects. It has been deprecated and replaced by Expo Dev Tools and the Expo CLI.

## Use cases
- develop react native apps with a gui
- run expo projects on a simulator
- preview expo apps without using the cli
- manage expo sdk versions from a desktop app

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy workflow that still depends on XDE

## When to avoid
- starting any new Expo or React Native project
- you want current tooling - use Expo CLI and Expo Dev Tools instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, gui, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: expo, react-native, deprecated, superseded-by-expo-cli, macos, linux, desktop, javascript

## Member repositories
- expo/xde (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.661289+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 2026-08-30T06:31:53.518445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/expo/xde (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:48.661289+00:00, sha 7e9ec6433aba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.