Ecosystem
Talks, projects, and upstream resources for building Expo apps on desktop.
Expo on Desktop — Jamie Birch
Expo on Desktop is Jamie Birch's day-two keynote at App.js Conf 2026, presented on 29 May 2026. It introduces the project and the work involved in bringing the Expo workflow to desktop.
Spark
Spark by Legend builds on top of Expo Desktop. Explore it for another project in the ecosystem taking Expo apps across mobile and desktop.
Project and upstream resources
- Expo Desktop on GitHub — source code, templates, releases, and issues.
- React Native macOS — the native macOS platform implementation.
- React Native Windows — the native Windows implementation, toolchain setup, and platform documentation.
- Expo SDK 55 reference — the SDK version used by the current desktop template. Check desktop module support separately.
- Expo CLI — the standard mobile, web, and Metro workflow.
- Continuous Native Generation — the model behind prebuild and regenerating native projects.
- Expo config plugins — background on repeatable native configuration; desktop modifications need desktop-aware plugins.