artsy/eigen

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Mindmap

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  root((Eigen Artsy))
    What it is
      Art marketplace app
      Browse and buy art
      iOS and Android
    Tech
      React Native
      TypeScript
      Shared codebase
    Audience
      Mobile developers
      Open source contributors
    Learning value
      Production patterns
      Large scale React Native
      App Store deployment

mindmap root((Eigen Artsy)) What it is Art marketplace app Browse and buy art iOS and Android Tech React Native TypeScript Shared codebase Audience Mobile developers Open source contributors Learning value Production patterns Large scale React Native App Store deployment

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Study how a large-scale production React Native app is structured and maintained at a real company

USE CASE 2

Reference how Artsy handles iOS and Android deployment, beta builds, and App Store releases

USE CASE 3

Learn React Native architecture patterns used in an active, high-traffic art marketplace application

Tech stack

TypeScriptReact NativeiOSAndroid

Getting it running

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

This is Artsy's production app, not a starter template, full setup requires Artsy-specific environment credentials documented in the linked docs folder.

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercially, just keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Eigen is the source code for Artsy's mobile app, available on both iOS and Android. Artsy is an online art marketplace and discovery platform, and this repository contains the app that users download to browse, discover, and buy art on their phones. The app is in active production use and built with React Native, a framework that lets developers write one shared codebase that runs on both Apple and Android devices. The project is publicly available as part of Artsy's policy of working in the open. Being open source does not mean it is a general-purpose library that others plug into their own projects, it is specifically Artsy's own app, made visible so that developers can learn from it or contribute to it. The README itself is brief and points outward to additional documentation hosted in the repository's docs folder and on Artsy's engineering blog. Details on setting up a local development environment, best practices the team follows, and instructions for deploying beta builds or App Store releases are all covered in those linked documents rather than in the README directly. The repository is named Eigen, which follows Artsy's pattern of naming projects after physics and mathematics concepts. Other mobile projects from Artsy mentioned here, such as Energy and Eidolon, are separate repositories. The code is licensed under MIT.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm studying the Artsy Eigen codebase. Explain how a React Native app at this scale handles navigation, what patterns and libraries does a production app like this typically use for moving between screens?

Prompt 2

I want to contribute to Artsy Eigen. Walk me through the local development setup steps for getting the app running on an iOS simulator, based on what's typically documented for large React Native projects.

Prompt 3

How does a production React Native app like Eigen handle error boundaries, offline state, and API request retries at scale? Show me the patterns that are common in large-scale RN codebases.

Prompt 4

The Eigen codebase is named after a math concept. Explain how Artsy's naming convention works and what other Artsy mobile projects like Energy and Eidolon are used for.

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