xtool: open-source Xcode alternative builds and deploys iOS apps on Linux and Windows
sull · x · 2026-10-12
sull boosted xtool, an MIT-licensed open-source project (about 6.9k GitHub stars) that serves as a cross-platform Xcode replacement.
- Builds Swift packages into iOS apps, then signs and installs them
- Can interact with Apple Developer Services programmatically
- Runs on Linux, Windows via WSL, and macOS; repo at xtool-org/xtool
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