# alcatraz/Alcatraz

Package manager for Xcode

Repository: https://github.com/alcatraz/Alcatraz
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/alcatraz
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-09-28T10:13:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4881, "days_push": 3261, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9792, forks 1121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.159193+00:00)

## What it is
Alcatraz is an open-source package manager for Xcode 7 that lets users discover and install plugins, templates, and color schemes from within the IDE. It installs itself as part of Xcode and is no longer maintained, as Xcode 8 dropped plugin support.

## Use cases
- install xcode plugins without manually cloning files
- browse and install xcode color schemes
- manage xcode project templates
- discover xcode extensions from inside the ide

## When to choose
- you are stuck on Xcode 7 and want a GUI package manager for plugins, templates, and color schemes

## When to avoid
- you use Xcode 8 or newer, which does not support plugins
- you need a maintained tool with active support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, operating-systems
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: xcode, objective-c, xcode-plugins, color-schemes, templates, deprecated, macos

## Member repositories
- alcatraz/Alcatraz (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.159193+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:21:01.129070+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alcatraz/Alcatraz (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.159193+00:00, sha 42a60f4b0690)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.