# rockbruno/swiftshield

🔒 Swift Obfuscator that protects iOS apps against reverse engineering attacks.

Repository: https://github.com/rockbruno/swiftshield
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swiftshield
Homepage: https://swiftrocks.com
Language: Swift
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: swift, obfuscation, ios, objc, sourcekit, objective-c
Last push: 2022-11-20T08:40:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3514, "days_push": 1382, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2546, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.279544+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: security, mobile-development, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli
- tags: obfuscation, sourcekit, swift, ios-app-protection, code-renaming, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- rockbruno/swiftshield (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.279544+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 2026-08-30T02:24:36.306462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rockbruno/swiftshield (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.279544+00:00, sha c4221bf67aa3)
  - homepage: https://swiftrocks.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.079050+00:00, sha d81751e9bc73)
  - site_page: https://swiftrocks.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.088410+00:00, sha 386a6f3e445e)
  - site_page: https://swiftrocks.com/everything-about-my-smart-home-and-homelab-setup (fetched 2026-08-29T10:06:53.090255+00:00, sha f28901a31be9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.