SwiftPlate

Easily generate cross platform Swift framework projects from the command line.

SwiftPlate will generate Xcode projects for you in seconds, that support:

• CocoaPods
• Carthage
• Swift Package Manager
• iOS
• macOS
• watchOS
• tvOS
• Linux

Just run swiftplate, and you’ll be presented with a simple step-by-step guide:

Usage

Using Homebrew (recommended)

$ brew install swiftplate
$ swiftplate

Using Make

$ git clone git@github.com:JohnSundell/SwiftPlate.git
$ cd swiftplate
$ make

Using Marathon

$ git clone git@github.com:JohnSundell/SwiftPlate.git
$ marathon run swiftplate/main

Using the Swift interpreter directly

$ git clone git@github.com:JohnSundell/SwiftPlate.git
$ swift swiftplate/main.swift

Using Xcode

$ git clone git@github.com:JohnSundell/SwiftPlate.git
$ open swiftplate/SwiftPlate.xcodeproj

Command line arguments

Besides using the guide to input information, SwiftPlate also supports command line arguments when launched. When a certain piece of information is supplied through an argument, SwiftPlate won't ask for that information when run. These are the arguments currently supported:

Name	Description	Long parameter	Short parameter
Destination	Where the generated project should be saved	--destination	-d
Project name	The name of your project	--project	-p
Author name	Your name	--name	-n
Author email	Your email (for Podspec)	--email	-e
GitHub URL	Any URL you'll be hosting the project at (for Podspec)	--url	-u
Organization name	The name of your organization	--organization	-o
Repo	Any custom SwiftPlate repository that should be used for templates	--repo	-r
Force	Prevent user prompt at the end (for CIs etc.)	--force	-f

Questions or feedback?

Feel free to open an issue, or find me @johnsundell on Twitter.