{"id":339908,"date":"2017-05-03T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1484377"},"modified":"2017-05-03T01:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T17:26:07","slug":"airbnb-acquired-its-react-native-partner-deco-software-deco-ide-goes-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/airbnb-acquired-its-react-native-partner-deco-software-deco-ide-goes-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb acquired its React Native partner Deco Software, Deco IDE goes open source"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airbnb<\/a> \u2014 the peer-to-peer platform where people rent\u00a0accommodation and now do other travel-related business\u00a0\u2014 has made an\u00a0acquisition to expand its platform and how it works with developers to build services on it. It has acquired Deco Software<\/a>, which had developed an integrated development environment (IDE) to build React Native\u00a0apps, specifically with the aim of developers working more closely with designers on building native mobile apps for iOS and Android more easily. It was a partner of Airbnb\u2019s for its own React Native work.<\/p>\n

The news was confirmed<\/a> on Deco Software\u2019s website, and Airbnb spokesperson also confirmed the acquisition\u00a0to us directly.<\/p>\n

This is an \u201cacquihire\u201d: the full team of around five employees are all joining Airbnb. Deco\u2019s product is not: as part of the move, Deco is ending support for Deco IDE as a product and open sourcing it. \u201cIt will live on as a free and open source project,\u201d the company\u2019s founders write in a note confirming the acquisition. More on the open source version\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deco\u00a0has worked with Airbnb in the past on both design tools and its own use of React Native (you can see more about Airbnb\u2019s work with in this area in this presentation<\/a>), and a separate source tells us that the entire team is now at Airbnb \u201cworking on the Design Tools and Experience Architecture teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we began to collaborate with the teams at Airbnb that are working on design tools and React Native, it became clear that Airbnb was the perfect place for us to continue our journey,\u201d the company\u2019s founders note.<\/p>\n

Terms of the deal were not disclosed: it\u2019s not clear if the San Francisco-based company had raised funding since it was founded in 2015 by\u00a0Gavin Owens, David Chen, Spencer Liolios, and Devin Abbott.<\/p>\n

This is Airbnb\u2019s 14th acquisition<\/a>, and like its 13th<\/a>, Tilt, it is\u00a0more aimed at its platform development than expanding its consumer footprint. Indeed, while Airbnb continues to bump against regulators and subsequently work through<\/a> those hiccups, it\u2019s also continuing to build its massive travel empire.<\/p>\n

Airbnb\u00a0is one of the biggest late-stage startups around at the moment. It has raised over $4 billion at this point \u2014 including a recent $1 billion round<\/a> that valued the company at $31 billion, en route to a reported public listing somewhere down the line. It says it is already profitable.<\/p>\n

Deco IDE is not the only React Native framework that has gone open-source. In 2015<\/a>\u00a0Facebook open sourced its\u00a0own work on this front, a React JavaScript framework for building native mobile apps. During\u00a02016\u2019s F8 conference<\/a>, Facebook announced that some 500 companies and developers have published\u00a0apps to Apple\u2019s App Store, and more than 200 published apps on Google\u2019s Play store, using the framework. (No new updates during this year\u2019s F8 conference, it seems.)<\/p>\n

Updated with response from Airbnb.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Airbnb — the peer-to-peer platform where people rent\u00a0accommodation and now do other travel-related business\u00a0— has made an\u00a0acquisition to expand its platform and how it works with developers to build services on it. It has acquired Deco Software, which had developed an integrated development environment (IDE) to build React Native\u00a0apps, specifically with the aim of developers… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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