# sweetpad-dev/sweetpad

Develop Swift/iOS projects using VSCode

Repository: https://github.com/sweetpad-dev/sweetpad
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sweetpad
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sweetpad.sweetpad
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios-development, ios-swift, vscode-extension
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:21:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 960, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 40}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1872, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:46.986496+00:00)

## What it is
SweetPad is a VS Code/Cursor extension (plus a companion CLI) that lets developers build, run, debug, and test Swift/iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS apps without opening Xcode. It integrates open-source tools like xcodebuild, SourceKit-LSP, swift-format, and SwiftLint to make VS Code a viable alternative to Xcode.

## Use cases
- develop ios apps in vscode instead of xcode
- build and run swift projects from the terminal
- get swift autocomplete in neovim or zed
- run ios tests on simulators from cli
- debug ios apps with lldb without ide
- hot reload swift code while app is running
- manage ios simulators from vscode
- format swift files with swift-format in editor

## When to choose
- you prefer VS Code, Cursor, Neovim, or Zed over Xcode for Swift/iOS work
- you want scriptable, JSON-outputting build/test commands for CI
- you need LSP-backed autocomplete on Xcode projects in lightweight editors
- you want hot reload while iterating on an iOS app

## When to avoid
- you rely on Xcode-only features like Interface Builder or Instruments
- you develop on Linux or Windows (macOS with Xcode is required)
- you need full SwiftUI preview canvas parity with Xcode

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, testing, editor
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: ios-development, swift, vscode-extension, xcodebuild, sourcekit-lsp, simulator, hot-reload, lldb-debugging, macos

## Member repositories
- sweetpad-dev/sweetpad (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.986496+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 2026-08-30T03:14:58.310382+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sweetpad-dev/sweetpad (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.986496+00:00, sha 76d7e5692e38)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sweetpad.sweetpad (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:50.785889+00:00, sha 05c9fab463db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.