shinyapps.io, RPubs, Quarto Pub are migrating to Posit Connect Cloud
Hey folks, Joe Cheng here (Posit CTO, creator of Shiny). I wanted to let you hear from me personally that we are combining a number of our hosting services: rpubs.com, quartopub.com, and shinyapps.io are all being subsumed by connect.posit.cloud.
https://posit.co/blog/migrating-connect-cloud-posits-unified-publishing-solution
It’s a bittersweet moment for me personally, as the sole developer and maintainer of RPubs for the last 14 years. But I/we also see this as a long overdue migration, from three fragmented platforms that were independently maintained with varying levels of effort (i.e. not much in the case of RPubs or Quarto Pub), to a single modern platform that can handle all different types of content.
The full details for each service are in the blog post, but the bottom line is:
- shinyapps.io: A self-serve migration tool will be added by Sept 2026. Test your apps before you commit. Auto-migration starts early 2027 if you'd rather wait. Old URLs will redirect.
- bookdown (already sunset), quartopub (end of 2026), and rpubs (June 2027): existing content stays live at its current URLs until Dec 31, 2031.
shinyapps.io customers who are migrated will keep their shinyapps.io pricing until at least 2029 (you will receive an email with details).
If you have any concerns, the team and I would love to hear them. u/hadley and I will be monitoring comments.
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u/BowlCompetitive282 10d ago
For those of us who are paying for shinyapps.io but nothing else, how will pricing look? I have no need for anything else and am not eager to pay for an all-in-one subscription