# CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app

A full-featured and standalone installation of CocoaPods.

Repository: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cocoapods-app
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-04-17T13:06:22+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": 4309, "days_push": 2329, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1225, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.952823+00:00)

## What it is
CocoaPods.app is a standalone macOS application that bundles a full installation of CocoaPods, the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C projects, without requiring RubyGems or Homebrew. It also installs the `pod` command-line tool and provides easy in-app updates.

## Use cases
- install cocoapods without rubygems or homebrew
- get a standalone cocoapods installation on mac
- install the pod command-line tool easily
- manage ios dependency manager updates via app
- set up cocoapods on a fresh mac

## When to choose
- you want a one-click, self-contained CocoaPods install on macOS
- you avoid configuring Ruby environments or Homebrew
- you prefer GUI-based updates of CocoaPods

## When to avoid
- you already manage CocoaPods via Bundler or Homebrew
- you need a maintained tool - the last release was April 2020
- you develop on Linux or Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: cocoapods, ios, dependency-management, standalone-installer, swift, command-line, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.952823+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 2026-08-30T06:15:21.868075+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods-app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.952823+00:00, sha 0f13e714ef84)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.