List of Swift software and tools

This is a list of software and programming tools for the Swift programming language, which includes frameworks, libraries, IDEs, build tools, and related projects.

Frameworks, libraries, and APIs

• Alamofire — HTTP networking library^[1]
• Cocoa — Apple’s native API for macOS^[2]
• Cocoa Touch — variant of Cocoa for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
• Kitura — web framework from IBM (now community maintained)^[3]
• Metal (API) – low-overhead hardware-accelerated 3D graphic and compute shader API^[4]
• Perfect — server-side Swift web framework
• RxSwift — reactive programming library for Swift^[5]
• SceneKit — A 3D graphics framework often used with Swift and SwiftUI for rendering scenes and animations^[6]
• SnapKit — Auto Layout DSL for iOS/macOS^[7]
• SwiftNIO — event-driven networking framework^[8]
• SwiftGraph — a graph data structure and algorithms library^[9]
• SwiftProtobuf — Protocol Buffers implementation for Swift^[10]
• SwiftUI – declarative framework for building user interfaces and Swift Charts for Apple operating systems^[11]
• SwiftyJSON — easier JSON handling in Swift^[12]
• Vapor — web application framework for Swift^[13]

Machine learning and AI

• Swift for TensorFlow — experimental deep learning framework from Google (discontinued, but open source)^[14]
• Core ML — Apple’s machine learning framework for on-device inference^[15]
• Create ML — Apple’s macOS app and framework for training ML models^[16]

Math and scientific computing

• Surge — Swift framework for linear algebra, DSP, and math functions^[17]
• Accelerate framework — Apple’s high-performance math and DSP library for Swift and Objective-C^[18]

Integrated development environments

• Xcode — Apple’s official IDE for Swift and Objective-C
• AppCode — IDE for Swift from JetBrains
• Swift Playgrounds — educational environment for iPad and macOS^[19]
• Visual Studio Code — with Swift extensions via SourceKit-LSP^[20]

Text editors with Swift support

• GNU Emacs — Swift mode and LSP support^[21]
• Sublime Text — Swift syntax and build system plugins^[22]
• TextMate – via official Swift bundle providing syntax highlighting and snippets^[23]
• Vim — via Swift Vim plugins^[24] and Neovim^[21]
• Visual Studio Code — Swift LSP support through SourceKit-LSP^[25]
• Zed — fork of Atom with support for Swift^[26]

Build tools and package managers

• Swift Package Manager (SwiftPM) — official dependency manager for Swift^[27]
• CocoaPods — dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects^[28]
• Carthage — decentralized dependency manager^[29][30]
• Bazel — build system with Swift rules support^[31]

Compilers and runtimes

• LLVM
• Swift for Windows — community distribution of Swift on Windows^[32]
• Swift WASM — Swift toolchain for WebAssembly^[33]

Debugging and profiling tools

• Instruments — performance analysis and profiling tool bundled with Xcode
• LLDB — debugger used by Swift (via LLVM project)^[21]
• Xcode memory graph debugger^[34]

Testing and quality assurance

• XCTest — official unit testing framework bundled with Swift^[35]
• Quick — behavior-driven development (BDD) framework^[36]
• Nimble — matcher framework often used with Quick^[37]

See also

• Apple Developer Tools
• Chris Lattner – original developer of Swift
• Lists of programming software development tools by language
• MoltenVK – software library which allows Vulkan applications to run on top of Metal

External links

• Swift.org — official Swift website
• Apple Swift GitHub repository
• Swift Package Index
• Swift documentation and Apple Developer Documentation
• awesome Swift — curated list of Swift libraries

References

1. "Alamofire/Alamofire". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
2. "Cocoa Design Patterns". Apple Developer Documentation.
3. "Kitura/Kitura". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
4. "Metal". Apple Developer Documentation.
5. "ReactiveX/RxSwift". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
6. "SceneKit". Apple Developer Documentation.
7. "SnapKit/SnapKit". October 4, 2025 – via GitHub.
8. "apple/swift-nio". October 2, 2025 – via GitHub.
9. "davecom/SwiftGraph". September 27, 2025 – via GitHub.
10. "apple/swift-protobuf". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
11. "SwiftUI". Apple Developer Documentation.
12. "SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
13. "Vapor". Vapor.
14. "tensorflow/swift". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
15. "Core ML". Apple Developer Documentation.
16. "Create ML - Machine Learning". Apple Developer.
17. "mattt/Surge". February 5, 2025 – via GitHub.
18. "Accelerate". Apple Developer Documentation.
19. "Swift Playground". App Store. April 17, 2025.
20. "Swift (Deprecated) - Visual Studio Marketplace". marketplace.visualstudio.com.
21. Inc, Apple. "Swift.org". Swift.org. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
22. "Swift - Packages - Package Control". packagecontrol.io.
23. "textmate/swift.tmbundle". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.
24. "Vim - Swift Package Registry". swiftpackageregistry.com.
25. "SourceKitLSP – Swift Package Index". The Swift Package Index. October 1, 2025.
26. "Swift | Zed Code Editor Documentation". zed.dev.
27. "Documentation". docs.swift.org.
28. "CocoaPods.org". cocoapods.org.
29. "Carthage/Carthage". October 4, 2025 – via GitHub.
30. "Carthage – Swift Package Index". The Swift Package Index. September 2, 2025.
31. "Bazel". Bazel.
32. "Swift for Windows". swiftforwindows.github.io.
33. "SwiftWasm - compile Swift to WebAssembly". SwiftWasm - compile Swift to WebAssembly.
34. "Gathering information about memory use". Apple Developer Documentation.
35. "XCTest". Apple Developer Documentation.
36. "Quick/Quick". October 1, 2025 – via GitHub.
37. "Quick/Nimble". October 3, 2025 – via GitHub.