vscode-swift vs CocoaPods

vscode-swift

Visual Studio Code Extension for Swift (by swift-server)

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The Cocoa Dependency Manager. (by CocoaPods)

Package Management Packages and Applications iOS dependency-manager Mac Objective-C Swift Cocoapods package-manager

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vscode-swift		CocoaPods
	Project
2	Mentions	54
610	Stars	14,428
2.0%	Growth	0.2%
8.6	Activity	8.0
8 days ago	Latest Commit	14 days ago
TypeScript	Language	Ruby
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

vscode-swift

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-swift. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-18.

Xcode 14.3 is completely unacceptable
4 projects | /r/iOSProgramming | 18 Apr 2023

I see 2 small contributions by someone who claims to work for Apple. https://github.com/swift-server/vscode-swift/graphs/contributors Apple didn't make it, not even close.
Getting Started with Swift on Server
10 projects | dev.to | 3 Dec 2021

Instead of XCode, you can also write Swift applications in VSCode. There is a vscode extension available for the language support. We love "auto format on save", which is a little tricky, but can be achieved by downloading and compiling swift-format:

CocoaPods

Posts with mentions or reviews of CocoaPods. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.

Show HN: Privacy Manifest CLI tool for iOS apps
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2024

Very nice! love that it is all in swift, will give a closer look later but looks beautiful.
Recently went through this with a react native app with a ton of old dependencies and it was fairly painful. Wrote a couple not quite as beautiful scripts to help so I wish I had this before.
Tangential rant: I am all for privacy but find it really obnoxious that the most profitable company in the world is giving open source contributors to their ecosystem work on a deadline. Case in point: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/10325
How To Handle VoIP Push Notifications using iOS Callkit
3 projects | dev.to | 15 Feb 2024

Cocoapods to install the Vonage Client SDK for iOS.
Unable to find a specification for `GoogleUtilities-Environment-Logger-NSData+zlib`
1 project | /r/flutterhelp | 4 Jul 2023

You will have better luck finding / getting help here https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues create a new issue and hopefully, someone there will be able to assist you.
Hey guys, just landed a gig as a DevOps release engineer! I'm super stoked but also pretty nervous. Any seasoned vets out there have any tips or advice for a newbie like me? Would love to hear your thoughts!
2 projects | /r/devops | 21 Apr 2023

Knowing you way through CocoaPods was also a useful skill couple of years ago - https://cocoapods.org/
Just got a new M2 Pro after my 2016 became outdated. What are your first steps to setting up a new computer?
9 projects | /r/iOSProgramming | 20 Apr 2023

- Struggle to install Cocoapods
Xcode 14.3 is completely unacceptable
4 projects | /r/iOSProgramming | 18 Apr 2023

I have no love for Xcode, but Cocoapods has a pretty serious issue with Xcode 14.3 causing archives to fail: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/11861
flutter 3.7.10, MacOS 13.3.1, IOS 16.4.1
3 projects | /r/FlutterDev | 8 Apr 2023
Xcode Update Error Chaos: Tips for a Newbie
2 projects | /r/iOSProgramming | 4 Apr 2023

For anyone else using cocoapods, this temporary fix worked for me. https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/11808
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1 project | /r/u_HDGTurkey | 4 Apr 2023

Cocoapods for iOS.
How to conduct an A/B test in iOS using feature flags and Amplitude
3 projects | dev.to | 26 Mar 2023

The latest version of Cocoapods

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vscode-swift and CocoaPods you can also consider the following projects:

swift-format - Formatting technology for Swift source code

Homebrew

Vapor - 💧 A server-side Swift HTTP web framework.

ruby - The Ruby Programming Language

swift-vapor-demo - Swift/Vapor API Demo

Homebrew-cask - 🍻 A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries

feather - Feather is a modern Swift-based content management system powered by Vapor 4.

cocoapods-binary - integrate pods in form of prebuilt frameworks conveniently, reducing compile time

fluent - Vapor ORM (queries, models, and relations) for NoSQL and SQL databases

fastlane - 🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps

Perfect - Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)

fpm - Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.