Swift IDEs & Tools

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This page lists the IDEs and editors commonly used to write and debug Swift code. Use Xcode for Apple-platform apps, and an editor with the Swift extension for cross-platform packages and server-side work.

IDEs

  • Xcode — Apple’s IDE, bundling a Swift toolchain, SwiftUI and UIKit previews, the debugger, Instruments and the simulators.

Editors with extensions

  • VS Code Swift extension — completion, diagnostics and debugging for Swift packages in Visual Studio Code, built on SourceKit-LSP.

Discontinued products

  • AppCode — the JetBrains IDE for Swift and Objective-C is discontinued; Xcode is the recommended environment.

See also