# PyTorch Mobile: current status **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile\ **Created:** [November 17, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040 "2023-11-17T04:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![r9y9](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/r9y9/32/618_2.png) [@r9y9](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/r9y9)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/1 "2023-11-17T04:41:34Z")
I noticed that [GitHub - pytorch/ios-demo-app: PyTorch iOS examples](https://github.com/pytorch/ios-demo-app) and [GitHub - pytorch/android-demo-app: PyTorch android examples of usage in applications](https://github.com/pytorch/android-demo-app) had been recently archived, but couldn’t find relevant discussions on GitHub and this forum. I wonder if pytorch mobile ([Home | PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/mobile/home/)) will continue its development, or should we use onnx/onnxruntime instead? Best, Ryuichi ---
**Author:** ![Cyrill](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/cyrill/32/65326_2.png) [@Cyrill](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/Cyrill)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/2 "2023-11-22T11:42:02Z")
@ptrblck could you shed some light on a recent development? The Pytorch Mobile iOS and Android Demo apps have been archived, with no communication at all about reasons. This move raises concerns about the future of TorchScript. Hower, based on what I’ve read in another post here [Consequences of PyTorch 2.0 on libtorch?](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/consequences-of-pytorch-2-0-on-libtorch/167576): > [TorchScript] is not deprecated. We are not actively developing torchscript, but it will be supported for the foreseeable future, and you’ll be able to use torchscript based backends behind dynamo. ---
**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/3 "2023-11-22T16:48:20Z")
I’m not involved in PyTorch Mobile development and don’t know what their support and roadmap is. Generally, I would be careful with TorchScript dependencies as it’s in “maintenance” mode and I would not expect to see major improvements or fixes anymore, as `torch.compile` is being prioritized. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrill](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/cyrill/32/65326_2.png) [@Cyrill](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/Cyrill)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/4 "2023-11-23T16:42:22Z")
Alright thank you for the insights. ---
**Author:** ![kimishpatel](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/kimishpatel/32/39320_2.png) [@kimishpatel](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/kimishpatel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/5 "2023-11-23T17:10:12Z")
Hi, So PyTorch mobile, via lite interpreter that is based on torchscript, is also in maintenance mode. There is very limited work being done on it atm. We are actively working on our new stack for edge, called ExecuTorch, that was released in PyTorch conference 23. Typing from phone so cannot fine and paste links. But will update later. ---
**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/6 "2023-11-23T19:41:44Z")
[This link](https://pytorch.org/executorch/stable/demo-apps-ios.html) is showing a demo of ExecuTorch in case you were looking for this one. ---
**Author:** ![reuben](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/reuben/32/8490_2.png) [@reuben](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/reuben)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/7 "2024-05-22T22:17:25Z")
Hi all. Could you clarify what “in maintenance mode” means? The LibTorch-Lite Cocoapod is no longer being published, the org.pytorch:pytorch\_android\_lite package on Maven Central is no longer being published, and there are no official docs on how to build the missing packages that I can find. ExecuTorch only works with a smaller set of operators, so if one is trying to do inference with a more complicated model (e.g. a beam search decoder), should they focus on ONNX rather than trying to revive LibTorch by hand? ---
**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/8 "2024-05-23T15:32:55Z")
> [@reuben](#): > > Could you clarify what “in maintenance mode” means? > [@ptrblck](#): > > I would be careful with TorchScript dependencies as it’s in “maintenance” mode and I would not expect to see major improvements or fixes anymore It would mean that no resources will be spent on improving or fixing `TorchScript` anymore. With that being said, I’m sure exceptions can be made depending on the scope of a regression, but eventually it comes down to the code owner’s decision. ---
**Author:** ![Cagatay\_Bilgin](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/cagatay_bilgin/32/62060_2.png) [@Cagatay\_Bilgin](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/Cagatay_Bilgin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/pytorch-mobile-current-status/192040/9 "2025-05-15T16:39:05Z")
Check out [GitHub - pytorch/executorch: On-device AI across mobile, embedded and edge for PyTorch](https://github.com/pytorch/executorch) and join our discord channel at [PyTorch Edge](https://discord.gg/Wyn9PWqP) . We discuss a lot of the plans openly there.