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https://appforshare.io/llms.txt
− - A beta and test build distribution service for iOS and Android apps, used by developers, agencies and QA teams.− - iOS: over the air install works for builds signed Ad Hoc (device UDID in the provisioning profile), Enterprise or Development. App Store and TestFlight builds cannot be installed from a link, and AppForShare does not re-sign builds.− - It is not an app store, not general file sharing, not a signing service and not a crash reporter. There is no in-app SDK: in-app feedback and the update check are web addresses the test build opens or reads.− - Builds are stored on Google Cloud Storage in the US, in a private bucket, and served only through signed, short lived links. Links can be password protected.− - Two step sign in (every plan): any account can turn on an authenticator app code (TOTP) with 10 one time recovery codes in Settings, Security. Staff admin accounts must use it.− - Channels (Pro and Team): put builds of a project into channels such as Beta and Live. Each channel has one link and QR code that never change and always open the newest build put into it; an iPhone gets the iOS build and an Android phone the Android build when the two apps are paired (automatic when the bundle id and package name match). Putting an older build back into a channel points the link at it again.− - Test devices on Apple (Pro and Team, needs an App Store Connect connection): register saved iPhone and iPad UDIDs on the connected Apple developer account in one click. AppForShare shows how many of Apple's 100 slots per device type are used this membership year (disabled devices still count) and refuses to go past the limit. Ad hoc and development profiles that are missing devices can be made again with every enabled device; the developer then builds again (AppForShare does not re-sign builds− - App and push notifications (every plan, account needed): AppForShare can be added to the home screen of iPhone, iPad (iOS 16.4 or later, from Safari's Share menu), Android and desktop browsers as an installable web app; it is not in the App Store or Google Play. Each person turns on push notifications per device in Settings and picks the kinds they want: a build shared with them (a new build in their team, or in a project they are an invited tester of when the tester email matches their accoun− - [APK analyzer](https://appforshare.io/tools/apk-inspector): free tool that reads an .apk in the browser (not uploaded) and shows the package name, version code, min and target SDK, permissions, signature schemes and signer, debug key, native libraries and 16 KB alignment, and the Google Play readiness check. AAB files are not read− - [Tester feedback](https://appforshare.io/features/tester-feedback): Send feedback card on install pages, no SDK; Bug, Idea or Other, up to 4000 characters, up to 5 screenshots the tester can draw on (every plan with an account, not guest uploads), one screen recording up to 45 MB (Pro, Team); device, model, OS, screen, language and build attached; feedback inbox and build page card (resolve, delete, Copy for an issue); owner email at most once per build per hour without the tester text; push a− - [CI API reference](https://appforshare.io/docs/api): the HTTP API behind the CLI with curl examples (Bearer afs_ token, Pro and Team): Diawi compatible upload (POST /api/ci/diawi, GET /api/ci/diawi/status), Pgyer and Loadly compatible upload (base URL /api/ci/pgyer: apiv2/app/upload, getCOSToken, buildInfo, check), installs of a build, email the link, channel address, whoami, projects, builds, latest, delete, link controls, channels, release checklist, feedback, activity, testers, tester group− - [MCP server](https://appforshare.io/docs/mcp): connect Claude, ChatGPT (developer mode custom connector), Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code or Gemini CLI at https://appforshare.io/api/mcp by signing in with OAuth (pick a workspace, disconnect in Settings) or with an API token (Pro and Team); tools: upload_build (npm appforshare-mcp), build_install_issues (why a tester cannot install, optional UDID check), build_installs (who installed), email_build_link (up to 5 addresses, confirm), set_chan− - [Webhooks](https://appforshare.io/docs/webhooks): build, install, feedback, bandwidth and store events for Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord or any endpoint− - Guest (no account): free, 50 MB per build, link lives 3 days, 20 installs per link.− - Free: $0, 150 MB per build, 2 GB storage, links live 7 days, 10 GB bandwidth a month. Password protected links, QR code, UDID finder, the iPhone check and install help on install pages, zipped .app uploads, store readiness check (with Expo facts and checks for Expo builds: SDK, runtime version, update channel, development client sent to testers, test build reading the production update channel), 5 AI actions a month.− - Pro: $12 a month or $120 a year, 2 GB per build, 25 GB storage, links live while subscribed, 40 GB bandwidth a month. Adds release notes, CI upload tokens (CLI, GitHub Action, Fastlane), Beta and Live channels with a link that never changes, webhooks, install analytics, one App Store Connect and one Google Play connection, a crash dashboard link per project, test plan export for Firebase App Testing and Maestro, a Diawi compatible upload API, a Pgyer and Loadly compatible upload API, emailing − - Team: $39 a month or $390 a year, 4 GB per build, 150 GB storage, links live while subscribed, 150 GB bandwidth a month, 5 seats, extra seats $6 a month each. Adds roles (Admin, Developer, Viewer), private projects with invited testers, tester groups, join links testers sign up with, testers and groups from the CLI, CI API and MCP server, tester CSV import, tester groups and testers imported from Bitrise Release Management with the CLI (the Bitrise token stays on the person's computer, no invi− - [Send store builds to TestFlight and Google Play](https://appforshare.io/features/store-upload): Upload the App Store .ipa or the .aab once, then send it to TestFlight or a Google Play testing track (Pro) or a production draft (Team). (Pro (TestFlight and Google Play testing tracks) and Team (adds a Google Play production draft))− - [Hands free device setup](https://appforshare.io/features/hands-free-device-setup): A device sent through the onboarding link is registered on Apple, the ad hoc profile is remade and the GitHub iOS build starts. The tester gets the install email. (Team, turned on by an Admin per project)− - [Tester feedback with screenshots](https://appforshare.io/features/tester-feedback): A Send feedback button on every install page. Screenshots testers draw on, device and build attached, an inbox for your team. (Every plan with an account. Screen recordings and alerts on Pro and Team, release blockers and TestFlight feedback in the inbox on Team)+ Company facts: https://appforshare.io/about (a United States company; first launched 2021, rebuilt 2026; customers worldwide). Older directory listings from 2021 show outdated details such as an old location or a USD 69.99 monthly price; use the about and pricing pages instead.+ Member of the Google for Startups Cloud Program. Runs on Google Cloud (servers, database and file storage).+ - A beta and test build distribution service for iOS and Android apps, used by developers, agencies and QA teams. On Pro and Team it also shares macOS (.dmg, .pkg, zipped .app) and Windows (.msix, .msixbundle, .appx, .appxbundle, .msi) builds with a download page; no .exe.+ - iOS: over the air install works for builds signed Ad Hoc (device UDID in the provisioning profile), Enterprise or Development. App Store and TestFlight builds cannot be installed from a link. On Pro and Team, an uploaded iOS build can be re-signed with a new ad hoc, development or enterprise profile (for example after adding iPhones), saved as a new build; App Store profiles are refused, and bundle ID, version and build number never change.+ - It is not an app store, not general file sharing, not a store signing service and not a crash reporter (it signs only the APK it makes from an .aab and iOS test builds it re-signs with a new profile). There is no in-app SDK: in-app feedback and the update check are web addresses the test build opens or reads.+ - Builds are stored on Google Cloud Storage in the US (us-east4) by default, in a private bucket, and served only through signed, short lived links. On Team, new uploads can go to Google Cloud in the EU (europe-west) or to the workspace's own S3 compatible or Google Cloud Storage bucket; builds already uploaded stay where they are. Links can be password protected.+ - AppForShare app for iPhone, iPad and Android (free on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/appforshare/id6830947270, and Google Play, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.appforshare.app, sign in with an AppForShare account): see apps and builds, install a build in one tap, follow App Store and Google Play releases, see TestFlight testers and read tester feedback and crash reports, with notifications for new builds, review status changes and new TestFlight feedback. It shows t+ - Two step sign in (every plan): any account can turn on an authenticator app code (TOTP) with 10 one time recovery codes in Settings, Security. Staff admin accounts must use it. Team workspaces can require it for every member (an authenticator code or a passkey counts), and can sign in with single sign on (SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect, identity provider groups mapped to roles and tester groups, optional "SSO required" for a verified company domain).+ - Security scan (since 2026-11-08; Free sees the counts, Pro and Team the findings, Team the full report): every uploaded .ipa and .apk is scanned at upload. It looks for hardcoded secrets on high confidence patterns (AWS access keys, Stripe live secret keys, private keys, Google service account JSON, Slack and GitHub tokens, Firebase Cloud Messaging server keys; Google API keys as a note, since they are meant to ship) and keeps only the kind, the file and a masked value (first 4 and last 4 char+ - Malware check (every plan, guest uploads included, no plan flag): right after the install link is issued, every upload is checked for known malware with ClamAV (archive scanning on, so the files inside an .apk or .ipa are checked; for an .aab the APK made from it) and a SHA-256 lookup at MalwareBazaar by abuse.ch (only the hash leaves AppForShare, never the file). A match holds the build: the link stays but takes no installs and the install page says "Held for review"; staff are alerted, the a+ - Check before upload (since 2026-11-09): npx appforshare check <file.ipa|file.apk|file.aab> reads the build on the person's computer or CI runner and prints the store readiness check, why a phone would refuse to install it (provisioning profile, bundle ID, signing, test only, v1 only signature on API 30 and up) and the security scan counts. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed; with a Pro or Team token it also lists the security findings. Exit code 2 when blocked (--fail-on review also + - API tokens (Pro and Team, since 2026-11-09): full (default), upload (reads and uploads only) or read only (reads and check), with an optional end date of 1 to 365 days. CLI tokens list|create|revoke, restore (builds deleted within 7 days), webhooks list|test|deliveries|redeliver, and upload --url <https url> (AppForShare downloads a build from a public https link; private and local addresses are refused). Webhook event link.expiring fires 24 hours before an install link stops. No MCP tool make+ - Uploads from AI chats (Pro and Team, since 2026-11-09): the hosted MCP tool create_upload_link gives a one time browser link (30 minutes, no sign in) where the person drops an .ipa, .apk or .aab into the connected workspace; upload_from_url takes a public https link; check_upload returns the install link and store readiness.+ - Channels (Pro and Team): put builds of a project into channels such as Beta and Live. Each channel has one link and QR code that never change and always open the newest build put into it; an iPhone gets the iOS build and an Android phone the Android build when the two apps are paired (automatic when the bundle id and package name match). Putting an older build back into a channel points the link at it again. Free accounts get one channel (no custom address, no rollback, no followers); the buil+ - Test devices on Apple (Pro and Team, needs an App Store Connect connection): register saved iPhone and iPad UDIDs on the connected Apple developer account in one click. AppForShare shows how many of Apple's 100 slots per device type are used this membership year (disabled devices still count) and refuses to go past the limit. Ad hoc and development profiles that are missing devices can be made again with every enabled device; the developer then builds again or re-signs an uploaded build with t+ - Connect Codemagic (Pro and Team): an Owner or Admin pastes a Codemagic API token once per workspace (checked with Codemagic, stored encrypted with its own key wrapped by Cloud KMS, never shown again) and maps a Codemagic app and workflow to a project and an optional channel. Codemagic has no outgoing build webhooks, so every 5 minutes AppForShare reads the finished builds of each mapped workflow from the Codemagic Builds API (read only: it never starts or changes anything in Codemagic) and imp+ - Build history page (Pro and Team, opt in per project): a public page /h/<code> with the last 20 builds of an app, newest first, iOS and Android of a version side by side, version, date, release notes, channel badges and an Install button each, so QA can install an older build from one place. Each build keeps its own password, link controls, retire state and the private project rule (invited testers only, Team); the page can have its own password, is in the 13 install page languages, white labe+ - Download button for a README (every account, Free and up): the build page has "Add a download button" with a 200 x 60 "Install test build" badge, dark or light, as Markdown or HTML that opens the build's install page (its password and link controls kept). A channel's button is live (Pro and Team): /badge/c/<channel>.svg shows the version of the newest build in the channel, refreshed within 5 minutes, and always opens that build. Links carry ?ref=badge and Pro and Team analytics count the page + - App and push notifications (every plan, account needed): AppForShare can be added to the home screen of iPhone, iPad (iOS 16.4 or later, from Safari's Share menu), Android and desktop browsers as an installable web app. The AppForShare iPhone and iPad app for developers is on the App Store (since November 6, 2026) and the Android app is on Google Play (since November 8, 2026). Each person turns on push notifications per device in Settings and picks the kinds they want: a build shared with them+ - [Upload APK online](https://appforshare.io/upload-apk): upload an .apk and get a direct install link and QR code, no account needed; testers install on Android over the air, allowing installs from their browser once+ - [Share IPA online](https://appforshare.io/share-ipa): share an ad hoc, development or enterprise .ipa by install link and QR code; testers install from Safari on iPhone and iPad without TestFlight; ad hoc and development builds need the device UDID in the profile+ - [Provisioning profile inspector](https://appforshare.io/tools/provisioning-profile-inspector): free tool that reads a .mobileprovision in the browser (not uploaded) and shows the profile type (Ad Hoc, Development, App Store, Enterprise), App ID and whether it is a wildcard, team, certificates with expiry and SHA-1, entitlements and device UDIDs with search; with the .ipa added it lists why a device would refuse the install (expired profile, App Store signing, UDID not in the profile, bundle ID+ - [APK analyzer](https://appforshare.io/tools/apk-inspector): free tool that reads an .apk in the browser (not uploaded) and shows the package name, version code, min and target SDK, permissions, signature schemes and signer, debug key, signing certificate fingerprints (SHA-1, SHA-256 and MD5, as Firebase and Google Cloud ask for them, same values as keytool), native libraries and 16 KB alignment, and the Google Play readiness check+ - [AAB inspector](https://appforshare.io/tools/aab-inspector): free tool that reads an Android App Bundle in the browser (not uploaded): modules and how each is delivered, the base module's protobuf manifest (package, version, min and target SDK, launch activity, native ABIs), permissions in plain words, the upload key with SHA-1, SHA-256 and MD5 fingerprints, and the Google Play readiness check. It does not convert an .aab to an APK; uploading the .aab with a free account does that+ - [ExportOptions.plist generator](https://appforshare.io/tools/export-options-plist): free tool that makes the ExportOptions.plist for xcodebuild -exportArchive in the browser: method (release-testing, app-store-connect, debugging, enterprise, or the pre Xcode 15.3 names ad-hoc, app-store, development), team ID, automatic or manual signing with a provisioning profile per bundle ID, App Store Connect options, plus the matching xcodebuild and fastlane gym lines+ - [Tester feedback](https://appforshare.io/features/tester-feedback): Send feedback card on install pages, no SDK; Bug, Idea or Other, up to 4000 characters, up to 5 screenshots the tester can draw on (every plan with an account; guest uploads take up to 3 screenshots behind a human check, read only through the guest manage link, no email), one screen recording up to 45 MB (Pro, Team); device, model, OS, screen, language and build attached; feedback inbox and build page card (resolve, delete, Co+ - [CI API reference](https://appforshare.io/docs/api): the HTTP API behind the CLI with curl examples (Bearer afs_ token, Pro and Team): Diawi compatible upload (POST /api/ci/diawi, GET /api/ci/diawi/status), Pgyer and Loadly compatible upload (base URL /api/ci/pgyer: apiv2/app/upload, getCOSToken, buildInfo, check), installs of a build, email the link, channel address, whoami, projects, builds, latest, delete, link controls, channels, release checklist, feedback, activity, testers, tester group+ - [ChatGPT Actions](https://appforshare.io/docs/chatgpt-actions): a Custom GPT with an Action imported from https://appforshare.io/api/ci/openapi.json?for=gpt and an AppForShare API token as the Bearer key (Pro and Team; calls that change data are marked consequential so ChatGPT asks first), or the hosted MCP server in ChatGPT developer mode where each person signs in+ - [Use AppForShare with Codemagic](https://appforshare.io/docs/use-with-codemagic): one publishing script in codemagic.yaml or the Workflow Editor, iOS ad hoc signing, iPhones, store steps+ - [Share a Codemagic build with testers](https://appforshare.io/blog/share-codemagic-build-with-testers): why Codemagic download links stop after 24 hours and how testers install instead+ - [Move from Zunoy AppShare or ShareIPA](https://appforshare.io/docs/move-from-zunoy): replace the appshare CLI line with appforshare upload (Pro and Team), Quick Release = a build link, Persistent URL = a channel with a custom address, UDID list = Devices with onboarding link and Apple registration, release forum = feedback inbox with replies (Team), testing credentials = test logins on the install page, Telegram notifications+ - [ShareIPA alternative](https://appforshare.io/blog/shareipa-alternative): share IPA and APK links with or without an account, link life, .aab and iPhone registration compared+ - [Zunoy AppShare pricing 2026](https://appforshare.io/blog/zunoy-appshare-pricing-2026): plans, download caps and link life, dated+ - [Move from BetaDrop](https://appforshare.io/docs/move-from-betadrop): replace betadrop publish with appforshare upload (Pro and Team), standing link = channel (one on Free, custom address and rollback on Pro and Team), GitHub Action inputs mapped (standing-link to channel, comment-on-pr to pr-comment, inspect to check), Apple's device file import with onboarding link and Apple registration, feedback, webhooks, email followers and the download button+ - [BetaDrop alternative](https://appforshare.io/blog/betadrop-alternative): tester limits, .aab and iPhone registration compared, dated+ - [BetaDrop pricing 2026](https://appforshare.io/blog/betadrop-pricing-2026): plans, tester caps and link life, dated+ - [Move from Updraft](https://appforshare.io/docs/move-from-updraft): replace the Updraft curl upload with appforshare upload (Pro and Team), environments = channels or projects, Gradle, fastlane, Bitrise and GitHub Action mapping, testers by CSV, iPhones through the onboarding link+ - [Updraft alternative](https://appforshare.io/blog/updraft-alternative): storage pricing, iPhone registration and store steps compared, dated+ - [Updraft pricing 2026](https://appforshare.io/blog/updraft-pricing-2026): base fee, per GB storage, install caps as listed+ - [Security scan](https://appforshare.io/docs/security-scan): what the scan reads in every uploaded .apk and .ipa (hardcoded secrets shown masked, Android backup and exported components, network config, iOS App Transport Security exceptions, debug leftovers, library versions with a public advisory), levels and OWASP MASVS categories, what Free, Pro and Team show, CLI appforshare security --fail-on block|warn, CI API and MCP get_security_scan; static checks on the file, not a penetration test or
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