swift-package-manager vs Carthage

swift-package-manager

The Package Manager for the Swift Programming Language (by apple)

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A simple, decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa (by Carthage)

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swift-package-manager		Carthage
	Project
6	Mentions	5
9,592	Stars	14,905
0.5%	Growth	0.1%
9.7	Activity	5.9
4 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Swift	Language	Swift
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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swift-package-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of swift-package-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-08.

Cocoapods vs SPM
1 project | /r/iOSProgramming | 13 May 2023

I can't use SPM... https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager/issues/4581
Swift Package Manager, build configurations and non compiling iOS projects
2 projects | dev.to | 8 Aug 2022

If we inspect the documentation we can see that there is debug and release BuildConfiguration defined. We can also have a look at source code but there is not much useful information there. So what does debug and release configuration mean and in what circumstances those are applied?
Awesome macOS Libraries List
76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022

Swift Package Manager - The Package Manager for the Swift Programming Language. Created and maintained by Apple. Language: Swift.
Cocoapods vs SPM?
1 project | /r/iOSProgramming | 26 Sep 2021
Meet PreviewDevice 0.7.0
2 projects | dev.to | 27 Aug 2021

Swift Package Manager
Swift Package Versioning
1 project | /r/iOSProgramming | 13 Apr 2021

SPM docs

Carthage

Posts with mentions or reviews of Carthage. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-12.

Binding Lottie (or any other Swift framework with UI) in MAUI
4 projects | dev.to | 12 Jul 2022

On iOS side to keep it clean, I've used Carthage to get Lottie. The wrapping is pretty much the same, the goal is to make sure we can set the animation and get the view.
Awesome macOS Libraries List
76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022

Carthage - A simple, decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa. Language: Swift.
MagazineLayout
2 projects | dev.to | 10 Jan 2022

To install MagazineLayout using Carthage, add github "airbnb/MagazineLayout" to your Cartfile, then follow the integration tutorial here.
Building a restaurant iOS App
4 projects | dev.to | 29 Dec 2021

To add Alamofire, we'll be using Swift Package Manager. Xcode comes with built-in support for it and we'll not have to use external package managers like Cocoapods or Carthage. Click on File → Add Packages...
How to migrate your project with Carthage to Xcode 12
1 project | dev.to | 7 Mar 2021

Carthage / Building platform-independent XCFrameworks (Xcode 12 and above)