Difference between Expo vs Exp on command line

Question

I've been using expo/exp for a while to build React Native applications and can't seem to find clear documentation on what the diffeence between exp and expo is on the command line.

Could someone please elaborate?

Answer 1

"exp" is our original command-line interface. "expo_cli" is our new dev tools that we see as the best path moving forward as it combines the best of both worlds from the exp CLI and our XDE gui. You can read more about it here: https://blog.expo.io/announcing-expo-dev-tools-beta-c252cbeccb36

The latest docs recommend using expo-cli, and not exp.

So, start with $ expo init instead of $ exp init.

Answer 2

According to the docs of expo-cli and exp-cli, expo-cli includes not only cli but also XDE, and exp-cli only includes cli which is useful when you don't need a full-fledged development environment such as in CI.