# Scaling iOS CI with Anka

DevFeed: [Scaling iOS CI with Anka](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/scaling-ios-ci-with-anka-1565.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/scaling-ios-ci-with-anka>)

Author: Sander Lijbrink

Published: 2018-07-11T17:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dev-tools.md>)

Tags: [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes unifying its CI/CD build pipelines, including iOS support, to provide reliable, disposable build environments. The article outlines the challenges of running macOS-based iOS builds alongside Linux-based infrastructure.

## Source excerpt

Shopify has a growing number of software developers working on mobile apps such as Shopify, Shopify POS and Frenzy. As a result, the demand for a scalable and stable build system increased. Our Developer Acceleration team decided to invest in creating a single unified build system for all CI/CD pipelines across Shopify.