# CocoaPods

The Cocoa Dependency Manager.

Repository: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cocoapods
Homepage: https://cocoapods.org/
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ios, dependency-manager, mac, objective-c, swift, cocoapods, package-manager
Last push: 2026-07-06T21:36:05+00:00
Link (homepage): https://cocoapods.org/
Link (site_page): https://cocoapods.org/about
Link (site_page): https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5499, "days_push": 58, "days_rel": 58, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14831, forks 2682 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:07.765661+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: package-manager, cli, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, apple-ecosystem, cross-platform
- platform: cli, ruby
- tags: cocoapods, xcode, ios, swift, objective-c, podfile, dependency-resolution, macos

## Member repositories
- CocoaPods/CocoaPods (main) score 93
- CocoaPods/Specs (infra) score 67
- CocoaPods/Xcodeproj (sdk) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.765661+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 2026-08-29T17:07:08.433736+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:07.765661+00:00, sha d2b837ae905e)
  - homepage: https://cocoapods.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.509613+00:00, sha 684425a16698)
  - site_page: https://cocoapods.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.512537+00:00, sha a9a16f869d36)
  - site_page: https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:31.514942+00:00, sha 65e3ddca771f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.