https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode
iOS Development IDE for windows/linux
https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode
cross-platform ide ios iphone swift xcode
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iOS Development IDE for windows/linux
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode
- Owner: nab138
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-05-19T01:41:04.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-11-17T02:17:43.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-25T16:54:06.751Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: cross-platform, ide, ios, iphone, swift, xcode
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 54 MB
- Stars: 645
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 29
- Open Issues: 5
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
CrossCode
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[](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/actions/workflows/build.yml)
iOS Swift development IDE for Windows/Linux. Create, build, and test apps without owning a Mac.
Supports Swift 6.2 and the Swift Package Manager.
### Demo
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9cbe2b71-d765-46c6-aa25-ef16b539deec
## Installation
CrossCode is currently in alpha. Expect bugs!
Download the latest build for your platform from [releases](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/releases/latest).
Check out the [Getting Started](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/wiki#getting-started) section of the [wiki](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/wiki). Also, see [Troubleshooting](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/wiki/Troubleshooting) and [FAQ](https://github.com/nab138/CrossCode/wiki/FAQ)
## Features
- Generate a Darwin SDK for linux from a user provided copy of Xcode 26 to build the apps
- Build apps using swift package manager
- Log in with your Apple ID to sign apps
- Install apps on device
- Create projects from templates
- Code editing including error reporting, autocomplete, go to definition, and other language features
- Light/dark mode and other customizations
- View and manage certificates, app IDs, and more
- View the syslog or the stdout (console) of your device/app
- Much more (and more to come!)
## Future plans
The app is currently functional but does not have all the features it should. You can see a tentative plan for the future [on trello](https://trello.com/b/QYQFfOvm/ycode)
Please note that I am one person, so development may be slow. If you want to help, PRs welcome!
## How it works
- A darwin SDK is generated from a user provided copy of Xcode 26 (extracted with [unxip-rs](https://github.com/nab138/unxip-rs)) and darwin tools from [darwin-tools-linux-llvm](https://github.com/xtool-org/darwin-tools-linux-llvm)
- Swift uses the darwin SDK to build an executable which is packaged into an .app bundle.
- The code to sign and install apps onto a device has been removed from CrossCode's source and moved to a standalone package, [isideload](https://github.com/nab138/isideload). It was built on a lot of other libraries, so check out its README for more info.
## Credits
- [idevice](https://github.com/jkcoxson/idevice) is used to communicate with iOS devices.
- [xtool](https://xtool.sh) has been used as a reference for the implementation of the darwin SDK generation.
- [Sideloader](https://github.com/Dadoum/Sideloader) has been heavily used as a reference for the implementation of the Apple Developer APIs and sideloading process.
- [GNU cpio](https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/) 2.14 is included under GPLv3 (see licenses/GPL-3.0.txt), with its copyright holders. See [Source code](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.14.tar.gz). It is used to help with XIP extraction.
### AI Usage
- Helped port small sections of code from [Sideloader](https://github.com/Dadoum/Sideloader) because I'm not familiar with dlang syntax