# burczyk/XcodeSwiftSnippets

Swift 4 code snippets for Xcode

Repository: https://github.com/burczyk/XcodeSwiftSnippets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xcodeswiftsnippets
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-06-02T15:07:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4259, "days_push": 2649, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1748, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.947094+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Swift 4 code snippets packaged as Xcode .codesnippet files that expand common boilerplate like GCD calls, delegates, and property patterns. Users copy the snippet files into Xcode's CodeSnippets folder to get autocompletion shortcuts prefixed with 'swift-'.

## Use cases
- speed up writing boilerplate Swift code in Xcode
- insert GCD dispatch_after and dispatch_async snippets quickly
- generate UITableViewDelegate stubs with a shortcut
- add NSLocalizedString and IBOutlet snippets to Xcode
- share a standard set of Swift snippets across a team

## When to choose
- you develop Swift or iOS apps in Xcode and want ready-made snippet shortcuts
- you want a curated Swift 4 snippet library you can drop into ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets

## When to avoid
- you use IDEs other than Xcode
- you need snippets for Swift 5+ conventions or modern async/await patterns
- you want an actively maintained tool with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, boilerplate
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, apple-ecosystem
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: xcode, code-snippets, swift, ios-development, productivity, macos

## Member repositories
- burczyk/XcodeSwiftSnippets (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.947094+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 2026-08-30T03:28:48.645008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/burczyk/XcodeSwiftSnippets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.947094+00:00, sha e19dcc912736)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.