xtool-org/xtool
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Cross-platform Xcode replacement. Build and deploy iOS apps with SwiftPM on Linux, Windows, macOS.
8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 4 stories, 4 comments · first 2025-05-09 · latest 2026-10-12
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Xcode replacement – Build and deploy iOS apps on Linux, Windows, macOSstory by mococa · 2026-10-12 · 0 comments
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…my iOS app just for fun via Linux only. Surprisingly, it's very easy. This works like a charm: https://github.com/xtool-org/xtool You do not need to upload to TestFlight or the App Store; you can just install the app locally to your iPhone…
comment by kxxx · 2026-07-13 · in Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode -
…performance on it should speak volumes about the language). You can also sometimes avoid xcode, see https://github.com/xtool-org/xtool although, at this point, just use expo!
comment by JackYoustra · 2026-01-31 · in Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023) -
…macOS 26. That gives about 2.5 years for Intel Macs to allow complete AppStore integration. I guess https://github.com/xtool-org/xtool might become more dominant. iiuc, it also valid to use it on "a Mac" even if it was phased out :)
comment by rock_artist · 2025-06-10 · in Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel -
There's always XTool https://github.com/xtool-org/xtool
comment by tough · 2025-06-03 · in Swift at Apple: Migrating the Password Monitoring Service from Java -
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XTool – Cross-platform Xcode replacementstory by TheWiggles · 2025-05-17 · 66 comments
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Xtool: Cross-Platform Xcode Replacementstory by goranmoomin · 2025-05-10 · 1 comment
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Xtool: Cross-Platform Xcode Replacementstory by joshuawright11 · 2025-05-09 · 1 comment