facebookarchive/xctool
An extension for Apple's xcodebuild that makes it easier to test iOS and macOS apps. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4879
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2457
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6864 stars · 719 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
xctool is a drop-in replacement for Apple's xcodebuild test command that adds parallelized test runs, structured JSON test output, and human-friendly ANSI-colored output for iOS and macOS projects. It is written in Objective-C and was developed by Facebook primarily for continuous integration workflows.
Use cases
- run iOS and macOS test suites faster with parallelization
- get structured JSON test results for CI systems instead of parsing xcodebuild output
- get readable colored output when running xcodebuild tests
- integrate Xcode testing into continuous integration pipelines
When to choose
- you are stuck on an older Xcode (7-10 era) and need structured test output or parallel test runs
- you maintain legacy CI infrastructure already built around xctool
When to avoid
- you use a modern Xcode version, since building projects with xctool is deprecated and the repo is archived
- you are starting a new project - use xcodebuild with xcpretty or xcodebuild's built-in parallel testing instead
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
testing e2e-testing cli developer-tools developer-tools testing mobile-development cli xcodebuild ios-testing continuous-integration objective-c archived command-line macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/xctool · fetched 2026-08-28 · 823037306c52
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| facebookarchive/xctool | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="facebookarchive/xctool")
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