# leavez/cocoapods-binary

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

Repository: https://github.com/leavez/cocoapods-binary
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cocoapods-binary
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cocoapods-plugin, compile-time, cocoapods
Last push: 2026-06-23T11:34:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3084, "days_push": 71, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1321, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.938936+00:00)

## What it is
A CocoaPods plugin that integrates pods as prebuilt frameworks instead of source code, controlled by a simple flag in the Podfile. It compiles pod sources during pod install and swaps them for binaries to dramatically reduce Xcode compile times.

## Use cases
- speed up iOS build times with many pods
- precompile CocoaPods dependencies into frameworks
- reduce Xcode indexing and compile time
- switch between source and binary pods easily
- use binary dependencies without switching to Carthage

## When to choose
- your Podfile has dozens of pods and compilation is slow
- you want per-pod or all-binary control with one flag
- you prefer CocoaPods dependency management over Carthage

## When to avoid
- your project doesn't use use_frameworks! dynamic frameworks
- you need to debug or step into pod source code frequently
- you rely on very new CocoaPods versions the plugin may not support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: ruby, cli
- tags: cocoapods, prebuilt-frameworks, compile-time, xcode, dependency-management, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- leavez/cocoapods-binary (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.938936+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 2026-08-30T04:47:18.298457+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/leavez/cocoapods-binary (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.938936+00:00, sha 02092461df23)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.