# Jintin/Swimat

[ARCHIVED] An Xcode formatter plug-in for Swift. Superseded by swift-format, now built into Xcode.

Repository: https://github.com/Jintin/Swimat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swimat
Homepage: https://jintin.github.io/Swimat/
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: swift, xcode-plugin, formatter, xcode-extension, xcode, swimat
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-08-03T15:39:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3947, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1631, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:14.023904+00:00)

## What it is
Swimat is an Xcode source editor plug-in that formats Swift code, built as a hand-written character scanner. It is now archived and unmaintained, superseded by swift-format built into Xcode.

## Use cases
- format swift code inside xcode
- xcode plugin to reformat swift files
- auto-format swift source with a keyboard shortcut
- swift code formatter for xcode editor extension

## When to choose
- you need to read or study the historical source of an early Xcode formatter
- you are pinned to a very old Xcode/macOS setup where it still runs

## When to avoid
- you want to format Swift in current Xcode - use built-in swift-format (Editor → Structure → Format File)
- you need a configurable Xcode formatting extension - use SwiftFormat for Xcode
- you need CI or pre-commit formatting - use SwiftFormat or swift-format
- your code uses regex literals, custom operators, or nested block comments, which Swimat can corrupt

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: formatter, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: swift, xcode, code-formatting, archived, xcode-source-editor-extension, macos

## Member repositories
- Jintin/Swimat (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.023904+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 2026-08-30T03:47:48.976457+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Jintin/Swimat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.023904+00:00, sha 5ff2d19c95ff)
  - homepage: https://jintin.github.io/Swimat/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:20:23.741534+00:00, sha 0018775860ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.