App Store Connect CLI 5.14 Brings iOS Build and Signing to Linux
The open-source App Store Connect CLI has released version 5.14.0, with the headline feature being the ability for developers to compile, sign, and package iOS apps on Linux without needing macOS. The author, rudrank, posted multiple demos along with the full changelog.
Confirmed
- New build iOS apps on Linux capability: asc builds compile leverages the xtool toolchain to compile a Swift package directly into a slim arm64 iOS .app, taking a package path, product name, and output path, with support for flags like --platform.
- asc builds package handles signing and packaging: given a p12 certificate, password file, and provisioning profile path, the command first checks the profile's trust status and validity period.
- Product page optimization v2 experiments: asc product-pages experiments treatments create --v2 lets you create v2 product page experiments straight from the command line.
- Performance improvements: every command starts faster, and uploads and downloads now support 4-way concurrency.
- The project positions itself as a fast, scriptable CLI for the App Store Connect API.
Why it matters
- Building iOS apps on Linux breaks the previous requirement for Mac hardware, a major barrier reduction for CI/CD pipelines and Linux-based developers.
- Deep integration with Apple's official App Store Connect API makes it possible to script the entire flow from build to App Store release.
2026-10-10 ~ 2026-10-10 · 9 related posts
Primary sources
- asc CLI adds Linux iOS builds, ad-hoc signing, and v2 product page experiments — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- [source] asc CLI 5.14.0 brings iOS builds on Linux via xtool and rcodesign, requires macOS 13+ — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- [source] App Store Connect CLI 5.14.0 brings Linux iOS builds, 7.7k stars on GitHub — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- Compiling iOS apps on Linux: xtool toolchain demoed with App Store Connect CLI — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- App Store Connect CLI shows how to sign and package iOS apps on Linux — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- [source] asc CLI enables iOS builds on Linux: ad-hoc IPA, signing and upload as separate steps — rudrank · 2026-10-10
- asc CLI cuts 10k+ lines of redundant test code and shards CI for faster builds — rudrank · 2026-10-10