CocoaPods
The Cocoa Dependency Manager. observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 84
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 5547
- days_rel: 106
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
14830 stars · 2681 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects, resolving dependencies declared in a Podfile, fetching sources, and integrating them into an Xcode workspace. It is built in Ruby and now officially in maintenance mode with trunk moving to read-only.
Use cases
- manage ios dependencies
- install third-party libraries in an xcode project
- resolve swift and objective-c library versions
- publish a pod to the cocoapods trunk
- share a private library repo with a team
- automate xcode workspace integration for dependencies
When to choose
- you maintain an existing iOS/macOS project already using CocoaPods
- a legacy dependency is only distributed as a pod
- your team relies on Podfile-based reproducible builds
When to avoid
- starting a new Swift project - prefer Swift Package Manager
- you need actively developed tooling with new Xcode features
- you want multiplatform dependency management beyond Apple ecosystems
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
package-manager cli build-tool developer-tools developer-tools mobile-development apple-ecosystem cross-platform cli ruby cocoapods xcode ios swift objective-c podfile dependency-resolution macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods · fetched 2026-10-10 · d2b837ae905e
- homepage: https://cocoapods.org/ · fetched 2026-10-19 · b8165b78227f
- site_page: https://cocoapods.org/about · fetched 2026-10-19 · 0d01820e3992
- site_page: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html · fetched 2026-10-19 · 65e3ddca771f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| CocoaPods/CocoaPods | main | 87 |
| CocoaPods/Specs | infra | 68 |
| CocoaPods/Xcodeproj | sdk | 87 |
| CocoaPods/Molinillo | sdk | 60 |
| CocoaPods/Rainforest | infra | 32 |
| CocoaPods/CLAide | sdk | 23 |
| CocoaPods/Core | backend | 87 |
| CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader | sdk | 23 |
| CocoaPods/cocoapods-plugins | plugin | 23 |
For agents
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