Introducing Limbar
Today marks the launch of Limbar, a true cloud infrastructure for the mobile ecosystem.
The Promise of Cloud
Remember when cloud computing transformed web development? The promise was simple yet powerful: infinite scalability, pay-per-use pricing, and the freedom to focus on building great products.
For web developers, this promise has become reality. But for mobile teams, this transformation never arrived.
Where Mobile Got Stuck
Every mobile development leader has faced this moment: Your team is scaling, your CI pipeline is growing, and suddenly you're hitting the limits of your Android infrastructure. The solutions available feel like they're from a different era - you either build your own emulator farm or sign long-term contracts for "concurrent sessions."
Either way, you're paying for peak capacity while your actual usage fluctuates wildly.
The Testing Treadmill
Your CI/CD pipeline demands parallel testing across dozens of Android versions and device configurations. During release cycles, tests queue up for hours. During quiet periods, your expensive infrastructure sits idle.
It's a constant battle between cost and capacity, with no winning move.
AI Moves Fast
You're building the next AI-powered development platform. The market moves at lightning speed, and your user base could explode overnight. You need Android capabilities for testing, validation, and real-time previews - but traditional solutions force you to either spend months building infrastructure or commit to expensive concurrent sessions before you even know your demand.
In a space where being first-to-market is everything, you can't afford either the time sink or the financial risk.
The Enterprise Constraint
Your development happens in VMs, cloud workspaces, or CI runners. But the Google Android Emulator demands KVM and GPU passthrough - luxuries these environments don't offer. Your team maintains separate physical infrastructure for Android development, fragmenting your environment and complicating your security posture. It feels like a step backward in an age of cloud-native development.
Breaking Free from the Old Model
The root of these problems lies in how Android environments are provided today. Traditional providers still operate on a concurrency-based model - you provision and pay for sessions, whether you use them or not. It's a model inherited from desktop virtualization, fundamentally misaligned with modern development needs.
True cloud infrastructure, the kind that powers AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Run, works differently. You pay for compute time, not capacity. You scale from zero to thousands based on demand. This is the model mobile development deserves, but until now, seemed technically impossible to achieve.
Enter Limbar
Today, we're changing this story. We've built what many thought impossible: true cloud-native Android infrastructure. Our breakthrough lies in a proprietary distribution of the Android Open Source Project, optimized for cloud environments with GPU acceleration. It's not just another hosting service - it's Android infrastructure that finally behaves like modern cloud services.
Real Solutions for Real Challenges
For Testing Teams
Your CI pipeline needs 100 Android instances for a major release? Spin them up in seconds, run your tests in parallel, and scale back to zero when done - paying only for what you used. No more queued tests during peak times or idle infrastructure during quiet periods.
- Instant scaling for parallel test execution
- Native-speed UI tests and animation validation
- Comprehensive test coverage across Android versions
For Platform Builders
Building an AI-powered platform? Time-to-market is everything. Get Android capabilities up and running in minutes, not months. Scale from zero to thousands of instances as your user base grows, without pre-provisioning or upfront commitments. Focus on your AI innovations while we handle the Android infrastructure.
- Instant integration through RESTful APIs
- Zero infrastructure setup or maintenance
- True pay-as-you-grow pricing that handles viral growth
For Enterprise Development
Working in VMs, containers, or cloud workspaces? Get fully-functional Android environments without KVM or GPU passthrough requirements. Standardize your development environment while maintaining your security and compliance requirements.
- Works in any cloud or VM environment
- Native performance without special hardware
- Enterprise-grade security and compliance
The Future of Mobile Development
We built Limbar because we believe mobile development deserves the same cloud-native advantages that transformed web development. Starting today, you can break free from the constraints of traditional Android infrastructure. No more capacity planning, no more rigid contracts, no more compromises.
Try Limbar
Get started with true cloud-native Android infrastructure:
- 2 hours of free usage. No credit card required.
- Launch your first Android instance in under a second.