# facebookarchive/xctool

An extension for Apple's xcodebuild that makes it easier to test iOS and macOS apps.

Repository: https://github.com/facebookarchive/xctool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xctool
Language: Objective-C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-11T08:21:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4879, "days_push": 2457, "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 6864, forks 719 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:50.980772+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: testing, e2e-testing, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, testing, mobile-development
- platform: cli
- tags: xcodebuild, ios-testing, continuous-integration, objective-c, archived, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- facebookarchive/xctool (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:50.980772+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 2026-08-29T17:41:42.608906+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/xctool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:50.980772+00:00, sha 823037306c52)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.