Run a Private Maven Repository on Your iPhone

We built something unusual during a weekend hackathon. A fully working Docker registry that runs directly on iOS. No servers, no external setup, and no cloud required. Just install the app and your iPhone becomes a portable registry.

Now we added Maven support too. You can upload and download both Docker images and Maven packages right from your device.

This is ideal for demos, CI environments, air gapped testing, or just having a local registry you can carry in your pocket.

We’ve been working on RepoFlow, a self hostable and cloud ready alternative to Artifactory and Nexus. It supports Docker, npm, PyPI, Maven, and more.

As a side project, we wanted to see if the Docker registry API could run natively on iOS. It turns out it can, and it works well.

After launching the app, we heard from developers who asked for Maven support too. So we added it. Now the same app runs both a Docker registry and a Maven repository, directly on your iPhone.