rockbruno/swiftshield
🔒 Swift Obfuscator that protects iOS apps against reverse engineering attacks. 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3514
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1382
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2546 stars · 279 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
SwiftShield is a Swift obfuscator that renames types and methods in iOS projects using SourceKit to protect apps against reverse engineering. The author has explicitly abandoned it, warning that newer Swift releases break it and it should not be used for production apps.
Use cases
- obfuscate swift class and method names in an ios app
- protect an ios app from class-dump and cycript reverse engineering
- randomize identifier names so jailbreak tweaks break each build
- learn how sourcekit indexing and obfuscation work
When to choose
- you want to study how Swift obfuscation via SourceKit works
- you maintain an older Swift/Xcode toolchain it still supports
When to avoid
- you need a maintained obfuscator for a production iOS app
- your project uses Storyboards/XIBs or Objective-C classes calling Swift
- you rely on hardcoded type names or the legacy build system
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
security reverse-engineering developer-tools security mobile-development apple-ecosystem cli obfuscation sourcekit swift ios-app-protection code-renaming macos ios
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rockbruno/swiftshield · fetched 2026-08-28 · c4221bf67aa3
- homepage: https://swiftrocks.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · d81751e9bc73
- site_page: https://swiftrocks.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 386a6f3e445e
- site_page: https://swiftrocks.com/everything-about-my-smart-home-and-homelab-setup · fetched 2026-08-29 · f28901a31be9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rockbruno/swiftshield | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rockbruno/swiftshield")
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