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zepto-labs/delta-server — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

43TypeScriptAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5Setup · hard

tl;dr

A self-hosted backend that sends React Native apps small patch updates instead of the whole app, so changes reach users without an app store review.

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    What it does
      Ships small patches
      Skips app store review
      Tracks releases
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      AWS Lambda
      DynamoDB
      S3 and CloudFront
    Use cases
      Staged rollouts
      Instant rollback
      Version targeting
    Audience
      Mobile engineering teams
      DevOps

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Ship a bug fix to a React Native app instantly without waiting for App Store or Play Store review.

VIBE 2

Roll out a new app version gradually to a subset of users before releasing to everyone.

VIBE 3

Roll back a broken release immediately if something goes wrong after deployment.

VIBE 4

Target updates to specific app versions so older installs get compatible patches.

what's the stack?

TypeScriptAWS LambdaDynamoDBS3CloudFrontAPI GatewayReact Native

how it stacks up fr

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Stars434343
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyhardhardmoderate
Complexity4/54/53/5
Audienceops devopsvibe coderdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1h+

Requires an AWS account, AWS SAM CLI, and manual configuration of DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront.

Not sufficiently specified in the provided material.

in plain english

Delta Server helps app developers push small updates to a React Native mobile app without waiting for Apple or Google to approve a new version in their app stores. Instead of sending the whole app bundle again every time something changes, it works out exactly what changed since the last release and sends only that small difference, called a delta patch, down to each phone. This project is the backend piece of a bigger system. It stores and organizes every release of your app's code, generates those small patches, and serves them out through a content delivery network so millions of devices can grab them quickly. It also lets a team target updates to specific app versions, roll updates out gradually to a portion of users first, and roll back instantly if a release turns out to be broken. It keeps a record of every release, deployment, and rollout so a team can see the full history of what shipped and when. Under the hood it runs on Amazon Web Services. The update logic lives in small serverless functions called Lambdas, written in TypeScript. App data and release records are stored in DynamoDB, a database service from AWS. The actual code bundles and patch files sit in S3 storage, and CloudFront, Amazon's content delivery network, sits in front of everything to make downloads fast worldwide. Requests come in through API Gateway, which routes them to the right Lambda function. Setting this up is not a quick task. It requires an AWS account, the AWS command line tools, and Amazon's SAM tool for deploying cloud infrastructure as code, plus filling in several configuration files with values specific to your own AWS account. It is meant for a company or team that wants to run their own private version of an app update service rather than depending on a third-party OTA provider. It works alongside two companion projects, a command line tool for managing releases and a client library that goes inside the React Native app itself. This is aimed at mobile engineering teams who are comfortable with cloud infrastructure, not at beginners or non-technical users.

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prompt 1
Walk me through deploying this Delta Server to my own AWS account using the SAM CLI, step by step.
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Explain what values I need to fill in template.yaml and samconfig.toml before my first deploy.
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Help me set up the local DynamoDB instance and run this server on my own machine for testing.
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Explain how the check_update API endpoint decides whether a device gets a staged or a live release.
prompt 5
Compare this delta patch approach to a typical OTA update tool that replaces the whole bundle.

Frequently asked questions

what is delta-server fr?

A self-hosted backend that sends React Native apps small patch updates instead of the whole app, so changes reach users without an app store review.

What language is delta-server written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB.

What license does delta-server use?

Not sufficiently specified in the provided material.

How hard is delta-server to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is delta-server for?

Mainly ops devops.

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