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r/swift on 2026-10-15

  1. 1This Website Is Now Made in Swiftby u/sindresorhus · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-19 · in 6 captures
  2. 2Other than iOS what else can Swift be used for?Can it be used for backend dev, embedded systems, webdev, or other parts of software engineering? If not, why is that? Will the lang eventually just stay stagnant as it mostly thrives in one ecosystem?by u/TurtleSlowRabbitFast · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-16 · in 3 captures
  3. 3What's new in Swift: September 2026 Editionby u/dwaxe · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  4. 4AdaEngine - a game engine written entirely in Swift - just got an update!The game engine is written entirely in Swift! Ada Engine has taken another step forward with a brand-new IDE that I call Ada Studio. Ada Studio is a big leap forward for the game engine because it helps developers bring their game ideas…by u/SpectralDragon_ · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-18 · in 5 captures
  5. 5I fixed the Apple Docs MCP server: AI assistants can search Apple's docs again, now with WWDC26If you use Claude Code, Cursor or another AI assistant for iOS work, the Apple Docs MCP server lets it read Apple's documentation before it writes code. Its search has returned nothing since Apple changed its search page, so I forked it…by u/Turbulent_Ad_267 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-18 · in 5 captures
  6. 6App Size 101: Drop 40% in an afternoonby u/jacobs-tech-tavern · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  7. 7Hummingbird vs Vapor 4/5Curious if anyone has experience with Vapor and/or Hummingbird and what pros/cons you’ve run into? I’ve been using Vapor 4 (which I generally like) with Leaf, but I’m not a fan of Leaf, the nested loops/components feel awkward and the…by u/girouxc · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-17 · in 4 captures
  8. 8Is there a lightweight way to add self-updates to a tiny macOS app?I built a small native open source Swift/SwiftUI menu bar app that controls Sonos with media keys. I want to keep it small and focused, but automatic updates would be useful for people who install it outside Homebrew. I compared a few…by u/MrMaverick82 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  9. 9Anyone letting agents drive their app in the Simulator? Looking for feedbackI’ve been working on Argent, an open-source MCP server that lets your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) tap through your app in the iOS Simulator, read the view hierarchy and logs, and profile with Instruments. That way it can…by u/blazejkustra · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  10. 10Harbeth: a texture-first Swift/Metal image and frame engine for Apple platformsI’m maintaining Harbeth, an open-source Swift/Metal rendering engine for Apple platforms. The part I want to share here is the rendering infrastructure: accepting different source types, composing processing steps, and delivering a result…by u/Intrepid_Bee_9194 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  11. 11enriched-markdown-ios v0.4.0 - syntax-highlighted code blocks (powered by tree-sitter)enriched-markdown-ios, the SwiftUI Markdown renderer built on TextKit 2, now renders fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting. New in this release: 🔸 Syntax highlighting: fenced code blocks colored by language with tree-sitter (14…by u/Sea-Arm9235 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  12. 12libark: libark is a modern, secure, Swift-native foundational layer over Linux POSIX primitives.libark libark is a modern, secure, Swift-native foundational layer over Linux POSIX primitives. While originally developed as the core runtime layer for ArkOS , libark is completely decoupled and designed to be used on any Linux…by u/Ok_Sky3062 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  13. 13Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #157by u/fatbobman3000 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-18 · in 5 captures
  14. 14Triple: a macOS app to cross-compile Swift packages for LinuxI shared SwiftlyKit here a while ago, a Swift library and macOS CLI that cross-compiles static Linux executables of your Swift packages (primarily useful for people that use Swift on servers). Today I released updates under the new name,…by u/Cultural_Rock6281 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-16 · in 3 captures
  15. 15Swift on WebIs there anything jn the works that allows SwiftUI on web with SEO?by u/DoubleGravyHQ · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  16. 16I adapted an iOS-on-Linux toolchain into an Ubuntu workflow for building and signing SwiftUI appsThis project is not an iOS toolchain built from scratch. A huge amount of credit goes to Joshua Warren and his omarchy-apple-dev project, which provided the foundation I started from. His work demonstrated and implemented much of the…by u/DreamIllustrious · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-16 · in 3 captures
  17. 17Two App Review rejections later: sandboxed WKWebView silently needs network.client, and entitlement keys do not take falsetldr for anyone shipping a sandboxed wkwebview app: com.apple.security.network.client is required for the WebContent process even if you only load file:// content, and an entitlement key set to false is still a claimed entitlement that…by u/princejain756 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  18. 18Calling Accessibility APIs on an app that might be hung, how do you keep the caller from stalling?My window-detection loop uses CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo to see what overlaps, and only calls the Accessibility API for apps that actually overlap, on a background queue with a 0.25 s messaging timeout. I tested hang safety by stopping a…by u/PreviousRun9644 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-19 · in 6 captures
  19. 19iOS 27: App Intents Testingby u/lanserxt · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-18 · in 5 captures
  20. 20iPhone Duo Group Lab 10/13/26 - Q&Aby u/lanserxt · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  21. 21AutoLog library: One Macro logs all decision points. And more!I was really tired of missing, incomplete and sporadic logging in our apps. So this macro injects structured logging into each decision point and collects all context automatically. See this walkthrough . You can completely map the flow…by u/AncilTech2 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-18 · in 5 captures
  22. 22What broke (and what didn't) running untrusted Swift in the browserI'm building SwiftQuest, a course where every exercise compiles and runs on a real Swift toolchain. A few things I learned along the way: One throwaway gVisor container per run. It runs on arm64 Linux, with no network, a read-only system,…by u/SwiftQuest · first seen 2026-10-15 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 7 captures
  23. 23How to inset the safe area with custom contentVery good tutorial from Paulby u/Patient-Pollution46 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-17 · in 4 captures
  24. 24The iOS Weekly Brief: Issue #81. Everything you need to know about Swift updates this weekby u/IllBreadfruit3087 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  25. 25I made a pokemon game for iOSby u/Short_Holiday_3056 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  26. 26how am i doing?Just released my app a few days ago, havnt really done any marketing yet. How would yall say im doing so far??by u/Overall_Picture_9061 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-21 · in 8 captures
  27. 27ScreenView: a Swift 6 package for SwiftUI model lifecyclesI built ScreenView to make the ownership of async work in SwiftUI destinations explicit. It combines Observation, AsyncStream, and structured concurrency in a small package rather than spreading startup, subscriptions, scene handling, and…by u/AncilTech2 · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-16 · in 3 captures
  28. 28I built an open source office suite in Swift that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and WebAssemblyI just released Starling Office 0.1.0: Writer, Sheets, and Slides, with support for opening, editing, and saving DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files. The part I thought this community might find interesting is the architecture. The native apps and…by u/starling-dev · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  29. 29What’s the best stack to bring your current AI subscription (BYOK) by login, inside your mac app?I am curious whether any of you have integrated BYOK into your Mac app and which stack you applied. I am not referring to custom API key setups or MCP. Additionally, which method are you using lately to build macOS apps? Is it Swift, or…by u/TheS4m · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-19 · in 6 captures
  30. 30Finally submitted my app for review after adding AI. I think ChatGPT and Codex took me on a very long detour 😂I’m an indie iOS developer, and I finally submitted my app update to Apple for review! I wanted to add an AI-powered feature, but I had basically zero knowledge of AI integration or backend development. So I relied heavily on ChatGPT and…by u/BordGamerdeveloper · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-17 · in 4 captures
  31. 31I thought adding AI to my iOS app would be easy. Apple authentication had other plansI’m a beginner iOS developer, and I’ve been struggling with something I honestly didn’t expect. 😂 I’m working on a SwiftUI app and trying to integrate the OpenAI API for image recognition. I thought the hardest part would be getting…by u/BordGamerdeveloper · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-15 · in 2 captures
  32. 32Muse Code and SwiftIn the last 3 weeks I replaced my codex uses with muse code. I mainly use spark 1.3 but yesterday and today I used wonder and wonder full for a few designs and review runs. IMO, muse is incredible with non-UI swift code! And the way it…by u/functionallycorrect · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-20 · in 7 captures
  33. 33Thoughts about bitrig?There’s a startup focused on making it easy to vibe code iOS apps called Bitrig. Has anyone used it? Thoughts?by u/functionallycorrect · first seen 2026-10-14 · last seen 2026-10-17 · in 4 captures