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When preparing to release an iOS app, creating an IPA file is a crucial step. But managing this process can become tedious and error-prone if done manually. Let's see what an IPA is, why it matters in CI/CD pipelines, and how you can seamlessly generate, sign, and distribute IPA files using Bitrise automation.

CI vs CD vs CT in DevOps: Understand what they mean, how they differ, and how each contributes to faster, more reliable software delivery.

Is your "one-size-fits-all" consolidation strategy slowing down your mobile teams and hurting your competitive advantage? Learn why a purpose-built mobile DevOps platform delivers better ROI than generic CI/CD tools that treat mobile as an afterthought.

Apple’s WWDC25 jump to uniform version-26 platforms brought Xcode 26 in Sept 2025, and Bitrise shipped a same-day stable stack. Discover the breaking-change highlights, testing timelines, and prep steps you’ll need before Apple makes Xcode 26 builds mandatory in April 2026.

The new data center is the first in the EU operated by a DevOps Platform, providing businesses with a fully-hosted and managed solution to meet the stringent data security and compliance requirements of the region.

Bitrise is now part of AWS's ISV Accelerate Program, designed for partners who have demonstrated technical expertise and customer success on AWS. Read more about what this means!

Using the calculator is simple: just input your team size, hosting costs, and CI/CD workload. You’ll instantly see how much time and money you could be saving by using a mobile-focused platform for your mobile development workflows.

At Money20/20 last week, Dániel Balla, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Bitrise, delivered a provocative talk on a quietly growing risk in fintech: underestimating the strategic importance of mobile app development.

Bitrise Release Management now offers release note presets and per-release localization controls. Streamline multilingual app updates and reduce the repetitive work of writing release notes!

The fastest Apple Silicon machines are now available to accelerate your mobile CI/CD. Earlier this year, we launched the M4 Pro Early Access program, giving selected customers a chance to test Apple's most powerful chip yet. Now, we're rolling it out to all enterprise plan users. With up to 30-50% faster iOS Xcode compilation speeds compared to M2 Pro, M4 Pro offers the best performance and efficiency for mobile CI/CD workflows, exclusively available on Bitrise: the first mobile DevOps cloud platform to provide M4 Pro for iOS teams.

Drop by booth B47 on Wednesday, April 30 to chat about all things mobile development, from streamlining your CI/CD workflows to scaling efficiently on AWS. We’ve got top tips for every mobile team–read on for details!

How can you introduce more tests without slowing down your CI pipeline? The answer: test sharding! Dive into what test sharding is and get step-by-step instructions for how to reduce your build times by up to 50% using Bitrise’s out of the box sharding features.

Managing multiple apps with different store accounts just got easier! Until now, apps in Release Management had to share the same store connection as their Bitrise Project. Not anymore: you can now use your Bitrise Project’s connection or configure an app-level connection.

Great news! You can now interact with your CI platform instead of sifting through logs or scrolling through builds. Check out the Bitrise MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for a new, conversational way to engage with your CI:

Say goodbye to build queue bottlenecks—Bitrise now lets you fast-track critical builds with Build Priority. Prioritize hotfixes, releases, and key workflows to keep your mobile CI/CD running on your terms.

Bitrise, the leading mobile DevOps platform, is now powering Shopify’s mobile app development, enabling the global commerce giant to streamline workflows, reduce complexity, and accelerate app builds by up to 50%.

If you’re looking to increase the speed of your builds, the latest updates to Bitrise’s Linux offering definitely be of interest. This is our fastest-ever Linux machine portfolio, powered by the AMD EPYC Zen4 hardware, ready to meet your needs.

Ready to untangle the complexities of mapping code events and build triggers? Sometimes, you want to initiate a few checks, while at others, you need to execute several checks at once. Make things faster and ensure that only relevant CI checks are triggered for code changes with target-based triggering.