# truebit/xUnique

merge Xcode project file is so easy

Repository: https://github.com/truebit/xUnique
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xunique
Homepage: https://fclef.wordpress.com
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, xcode, xcode-project-file, merge-conflicts
Last push: 2024-03-05T15:31:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4415, "days_push": 911, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1501, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.303513+00:00)

## What it is
xUnique is a pure Python CLI script that regenerates Xcode's project.pbxproj file, replacing non-deterministic 96-bit UUIDs with deterministic MD5 hex digests and sorting entries. This makes the project file identical across machines, so git merges of pbxproj files become trivial.

## Use cases
- resolve merge conflicts in xcode project.pbxproj
- make pbxproj file deterministic across machines
- sort and clean xcode project file entries
- run git hook to normalize xcode project file on commit
- remove unused or malformed uuids from pbxproj

## When to choose
- your team uses git with Xcode and suffers frequent project.pbxproj merge conflicts
- you want a deterministic, sorted pbxproj committed to version control
- you prefer a git hook over Xcode build-phase scripts

## When to avoid
- you don't use Xcode or don't keep project files in version control
- you need a maintained tool with active development and a standard license
- you're uncomfortable with MD5-based UUIDs replacing Xcode's native UUIDs

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, version-control, parser, serialization
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, mobile-development
- platform: python, cli
- tags: xcode, pbxproj, merge-conflicts, git-hooks, ios-development, automation, macos

## Member repositories
- truebit/xUnique (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.303513+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 2026-08-30T04:32:57.762802+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/truebit/xUnique (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.303513+00:00, sha f0bacc045f78)
  - homepage: https://fclef.wordpress.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:59.912956+00:00, sha f3c282565a5a)
  - site_page: https://fclef.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/bottle-virtualenv-uwsgi-nginx-installation-on-ubuntu-12-04-1-lts (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:59.916292+00:00, sha 92917e9178ef)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/xunique/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:59.921956+00:00, sha b4bd8f309bd0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.