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kolinkrewinkel/Polychromatic

Semantic highlighting for Xcode. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kolinkrewinkel/Polychromatic · homepage · Objective-C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4538
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 3722
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1046 stars · 62 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An Xcode plugin that provides semantic syntax highlighting, assigning unique dynamic colors to properties, ivars, and local variables. It de-emphasizes types and keywords to make variable logic more visually apparent.

Use cases

  • color variables uniquely in Xcode
  • make code logic clearer with semantic highlighting
  • reduce visual noise from keyword coloring
  • customize Xcode syntax highlighting themes

When to choose

  • you use an older Xcode (5-7 era) and want semantic variable coloring
  • you find standard syntax highlighting unhelpful for tracking variables

When to avoid

  • you use modern Xcode versions, as the plugin system is unsupported
  • you need actively maintained tooling

Facets

plugin · maturity abandoned

editor theme developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin xcode-plugin syntax-highlighting semantic-highlighting objective-c macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
kolinkrewinkel/Polychromaticmain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kolinkrewinkel/Polychromatic")

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