Shorebird Self-Hosted Server

A self-hosted replacement for the Shorebird CodePush API server (api.shorebird.dev).

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Go 1.23+
• Docker & Docker Compose (for PostgreSQL and MinIO)

1. Start infrastructure

docker compose up -d

2. Run database migrations

make migrate-up

Or manually:

goose -dir internal/db/migrations postgres "postgres://shorebird:shorebird@localhost:5432/shorebird?sslmode=disable" up

3. Start the server

make run

The server starts on http://localhost:8080.

4. Open the Web Dashboard

Navigate to http://localhost:8080 in your browser. You'll see the login page where you can:

• Register a new admin account
• Login with your credentials

The dashboard provides:

Page	Features
Dashboard	Overview stats (apps, patches, users, orgs), recent apps list
Apps	Create, list, and delete applications with App ID copy
Users	View all registered users and their roles
Settings	Server info, API base URL, and token display (click to copy)

5. Register via API (or use the Web UI)

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email":"dev@example.com","password":"securepass","name":"Developer"}'

Save the returned token for subsequent API calls.

6. Configure Shorebird CLI

export SHOREBIRD_HOSTED_URL=http://localhost:8080
export AUTH_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:8080/auth
export SHOREBIRD_TOKEN=<your-jwt-token>

Then use shorebird init, shorebird release, and shorebird patch as normal.

7. Configure device-side shorebird.yaml

Add to your Flutter app's shorebird.yaml:

app_id: <your-app-uuid>
base_url: http://your-server.com:8080

API Endpoints

Auth (public)

Method	Path	Description
POST	/auth/register	Register a new user
POST	/auth/token	Login (get JWT)
POST	/auth/refresh	Refresh JWT

API v1 (JWT required unless noted)

Method	Path	Description
GET	/api/v1/users/me	Get current user
POST	/api/v1/users	Create user
GET	/api/v1/apps	List apps
POST	/api/v1/apps	Create app
DELETE	/api/v1/apps/{appId}	Delete app
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/channels	Create channel
GET	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/channels	List channels
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases	Create release
GET	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases	List releases
PATCH	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases/{releaseId}	Update release
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases/{releaseId}/artifacts	Upload release artifact
GET	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases/{releaseId}/artifacts	Get release artifacts
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/patches	Create patch
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/patches/{patchId}/artifacts	Upload patch artifact
GET	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/releases/{releaseId}/patches	List patches
POST	/api/v1/apps/{appId}/patches/promote	Promote patch to channel
GET	/api/v1/organizations	List organizations
POST	/api/v1/patches/check	Device patch check (public)
POST	/api/v1/patches/events	Device patch event (public)
GET	/api/v1/diagnostics/gcp_upload	Speed test (stub)
GET	/api/v1/diagnostics/gcp_download	Speed test (stub)

Admin: Targeted Device Patching

Method	Path	Description
POST	/api/v1/admin/patches/{patchId}/target-devices	Restrict patch to device(s)
GET	/api/v1/admin/patches/{patchId}/target-devices	List targeted devices
DELETE	/api/v1/admin/patches/{patchId}/target-devices/{clientId}	Remove device restriction

Environment Variables

See .env.example for all available configuration options.

Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   Developer Machine                   │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐ │
│  │ Shorebird │  │Artifact     │  │ Flutter (forked)│ │
│  │   CLI     │  │Proxy (open) │  │                 │ │
│  └────┬─────┘  └──────┬──────┘  └─────────────────┘ │
│       │               │                               │
└───────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────┘
        │               │
        ▼               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Self-Hosted Server (Go)                  │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌────────────────────┐ │
│  │ Auth API │  │CodePush  │  │  Admin API         │ │
│  │ /auth/*  │  │API /api/*│  │  /api/v1/admin/*   │ │
│  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘  └─────────┬──────────┘ │
│       │             │                  │              │
│       ▼             ▼                  ▼              │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │              PostgreSQL                           │ │
│  │  (apps, releases, patches, artifacts, events)    │ │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │              MinIO (S3-compatible)                │ │
│  │  shorebird-releases (private)                     │ │
│  │  shorebird-patches (public)                       │ │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
        ▲
        │  (patch check + download)
        │
┌───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   End-User Device                      │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│  │  Shorebird Updater (Rust, embedded in app)       │ │
│  │  POST /api/v1/patches/check → download patch     │ │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

License

MIT / Apache 2.0 (matching Shorebird's licensing)