Migrate from Esky

Currently the best way to migrate from Esky is follow the Getting Started guide. End Users will have to download this, updated version of your app, directly from a download link.

Migration Help

Configuration

Esky:

• Uses setup.py

PyUpdater:

• Set during repository initialization.

Parsing App Current Versions

Esky:

• Parses local repository.

PyUpdater:

• Version is set within application script.

Parsing App Update Versions

Esky:

• Parses update repository.

PyUpdater:

• Uses a dedicated version file which includes hashes for security and integrity.

App Update Process

Esky:

• Initialize Esky update client, then use update method.

PyUpdater:

• Initialize PyUpdater client, then use update method.