PureSwift/Cacao
Pure Swift Cross-platform UIKit (Cocoa Touch) implementation (Supports Linux) 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: 3768
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 626
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1082 stars · 38 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Cacao is a pure Swift cross-platform reimplementation of UIKit (Cocoa Touch) that runs on macOS and Linux. It lets Swift developers build GUI applications with familiar UIView-based APIs outside of Apple platforms, backed by SDL2 and Cairo.
Use cases
- build a UIKit-style GUI app on Linux
- run PaintCode StyleKits on Linux
- create cross-platform Swift desktop applications
- use UIView animations outside iOS
- render vector graphics with UIKit APIs on macOS and Linux
When to choose
- you know UIKit and want to build Linux or macOS GUIs in Swift
- you need to port iOS-style view code to non-Apple platforms
- you want hardware-accelerated UIView animations in a native window manager
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, fully compatible UIKit implementation
- you are targeting iOS or native App Store apps
- you need a mature widget toolkit with broad platform support
Facets
framework · maturity experimental
ui-components graphics gui cross-platform developer-tools graphics cross-platform uikit cocoa-touch swift vector-graphics sdl2 cairo linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/PureSwift/Cacao · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2b5722e01380
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| PureSwift/Cacao | main | 23 |
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