Swift Package Index

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We sat down with @orta this week to discuss the plan for transitioning CocoaPods into maintenance mode. Give it a listen and find out what the plan is, and what you should be doing if you still use it.

Of course, we also pick a few packages, as always!

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We’re interviewing @orta tomorrow about how CocoaPods is transitioning into maintenance mode.

Do you have any questions you’d like answered about the transition? Is there anything concerning you about the transition? Would you like to say thanks to the team? We can pass that message on or ask […]

Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex!

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Thanks so much to @getsentry for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

They just launched Size Analysis into early access. Monitor your app’s size, compare builds, and get actionable insights. Integrate it with your CI and never accidentally ship uncompressed images or bloated assets […]

Thanks so much to @getsentry for their continued support for @SwiftPackageIndex.

Check out their new open-source tool, Reaper for iOS that finds dead code via runtime analysis, helping you remove unused code for better security, performance, and maintainability.

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Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

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We’re doing some server maintenance on @SwiftPackageIndex. We *should* be able to do it without any downtime, but if you see the site down over the next hour or two, that’s why! 🤞

Thanks so much to @getsentry for their continued support for @SwiftPackageIndex.

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61: People have been working on it for ten years | Swift Package Indexing | Episode 61 Join us for our interview with Marc Prud'hommeaux of skip.tools as we talk about Swift on Android, the Swift on Android Working Group, and cross-platform app development. And, as usual, we highlight our package picks.Interview with Marc Prud’hommeauxAndroid Working GroupInitial community...

Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing with our special gues, @marcprux of @skiptools. We talk about Swift on Android, the Swift on Android Working Group, and cross-platform app development. And, as usual, we highlight our package picks.

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Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

What’s going on with them? They’re in full swing with this year’s Shipaton event. Take that idea that you’ve been tinkering with, ship it and get the double win of both a commercial app *and* the potential of […]

Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing. We talk about Swift packages names, explain some new details of the Swift Package Index' build system, and discuss an interesting paper about leveraging a compiler to find privacy bugs. And, as usual, we highlight our package picks […]

Join us for more package ecosystem talk, covering the new Swift Ecosystem Steering group, extracting reusable packages from the CodeEdit codebase, and how Rust error messages have evolved over the years. Of course, we also have plenty of package picks for you all […]

Thanks again to @revenuecat for their support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

Paywall design isn’t something you want to go through a full app review cycle for. Check out RevenueCat's all new, fully customizable Paywall Editor that allows you to remotely change your paywall view without any code changes […]

It's time for another Swift Package Indexing.

Join us to talk about our five year anniversary of launching the Swift Package Index, adding Wasm and Android support to our compatibility testing matrix, WWDC 2025, and a rather lengthy (but interesting!) discussion of LLM-based coding tools […]

Five years of Swift Package Index? It can't have been that long, can it? https://swiftpackageindex.com/blog/five-years-of-the-swift-package-index

Thanks so much to @emerge for their continued support for @SwiftPackageIndex.

If you missed it, they have some big news. They are joining Sentry to build the best mobile dev tooling in the industry. Read about the acquisition in their latest blog post […]

We have another announcement today, too! We now test for compatibility with two more platforms! Wasm and Android. More details here, including what percentage of packages already compatible: https://swiftpackageindex.com/blog/adding-wasm-and-android-compatibility-testing

It's been 5 years since @SwiftPackageIndex launched 😱 and we're writing an anniversary blog post to mark the occasion.

If you’d like to be quoted saying something nice about the project, please drop @daveverwer a private mention with a quote and a URL that we can link your name to.

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57: How many of the same packages can we pick? | Swift Package Indexing | Episode 57 Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing where we cover the status of Swift 6.1 compatibility and the latest "Ready for Swift 6" results, discuss xtool, and of course pick some packages to talk about! NewsReady for Swift 6xtool on the Swift forumsxtool packageThe Next Chapter in...

Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing where we cover the status of Swift 6.1 compatibility and the latest "Ready for Swift 6" results, discuss xtool, and of course pick some packages to talk about!

https://share.transistor.fm/s/32b618c5

Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

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Thanks so much to @emerge for their continued support for the project.

They have some big news this week, as they are joining Sentry to build the best mobile dev tooling in the industry. Read about the acquisition in their latest blog post […]

Join us for another episode of Swift Package Indexing where we cover our slightly unusual rollout of Swift 6.1 support on the Swift Package Index, the Swift Fundraising cooperative, the multiple fabulous projects written by Kashikawa Katsumi, and of course, give our regular package picks […]

Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

They have a new paywall builder feature that builds *native*, customisable paywall views. No web views needed and no need to to go through App Review every time you tweak it. Start your paywall design from a set of […]

Join us as we chat about enabling parallelising our tests with Swift Testing, what your plan should be for any CocoaPods projects you still work on, more thoughts on open-source funding based on a recently published paper, and of course the usual package picks! […]

Thanks so much to @emerge for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

I’ve you’ve not read it already, check out their recent blog post on how they helped the Tinder team reduce the size of their localisations by 95% (!!) using their SmallStrings tool […]

54: Pick a test that you know is complicated and start there | Swift Package Indexing | Episode 54 Join us as we chat about the Swift team joining Bluesky and Mastodon, data race safety numbers on Swift Package Index Package pages, Swift on Raspberry Pi, and of course our usual package picks!NewsSwiftlang: Social media expansion to Mastodon and BlueskyBluesky accountMastodon accountLeverage by...

It's time for another episode of Swift Package Indexing!

Join us as we chat about the Swift team joining Bluesky and Mastodon, data race safety numbers on Swift Package Index Package pages, Swift on Raspberry Pi, and of course our usual package picks!

https://share.transistor.fm/s/a176e767

Thanks so much to @revenuecat for their continued support of @SwiftPackageIndex.

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