Build · From a link

An app people open from a link, no store, no download

Send a link. Whoever taps it is inside the app, on whatever phone they own. They can keep it on the home screen, and your next deploy reaches every one of them at once, with nobody's review in between.

How it works

Open it from a link. Install in a tap.

Your app runs in the browser and installs from the same URL. The web app manifest and the service worker come from the app itself, so there is nothing to configure and nothing to submit.

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Opens from a link, on any screen

Share one URL, and your app opens right away. No download or app store review needed. The same link works on desktop, tablet, and phone.

One URL is the whole distribution. It goes in a WhatsApp thread, a QR code on a poster, an email footer, or a printed receipt. Somebody who has never heard of your app is using it two seconds after the tap.

app · responsive
app · responsive
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Fast because the page arrives ready

Orbit renders pages on the server. That helps them load quickly, even on slower connections.

The first response already holds the screen, so a phone on one bar shows something real instead of a spinner. After that first visit the service worker keeps the shell on the device, and the app opens from storage before the network answers.

app · fast
app · fast
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Installable and fast, auto-derived.

The web app manifest and service worker come with the app, built from its name, icon, and theme. People can add the app to their home screen, and it loads faster after the first visit.

Installing it

On Android, Chrome offers to add the app to the home screen once it reads the manifest.
On an iPhone, the person taps Share, then Add to Home Screen.
Either way it lands with your icon and your theme colour, and opens without browser chrome.

Where it stops: an install from a link is not a store listing. A listing needs the native build, and that build covers Android today, with an iPhone build on the way.

app · install
app · install

Where it fits

One app, every screen.

The app works in the browser today. When you need the app store, you can ship a native Android version too. It is the same app, available wherever your users open it.

Ship an app that's one tap from used

Build a fast, responsive app people open from a link and install to the home screen.

Créé avec Orbit