CocoaPods manages dependencies for your Xcode projects.
You specify the dependencies for your project in one easy text file. CocoaPods resolves dependencies between libraries, fetches source code for the dependencies, and creates and maintains an Xcode workspace to build your project.
Installing and updating CocoaPods is very easy. Don't miss the Installation guide and the Getting started guide.
Ultimately, the goal of CocoaPods is to improve the engagement in, and discoverability of, third party open-source libraries. The following list includes the project goals which have influenced, and continue to drive the design of CocoaPods.
- Being able to work in the system without creating extra work for library authors. Making it possible to maintain a simple transparent podspec outside of the library’s repository.
- Not imposing any judgement of ‘correctness’ on how authors decide to structure their library.
- CocoaPods should not impose any specific requirements on source-code management systems. (Currently supported are git, svn, mercurial, bazaar, and various types of archives downloaded over HTTP.)
- Provide the ability to work in a distributed way, but also provide features only possible with a centralised solution to foster a community.
- Being able to build tools on top of the system, including those typically deployed to other operating systems, such as web-services.
- Providing opinionated and automated integration, but making that completely optional. It’s perfectly possible to manually integrate the CocoaPods Xcode project as you see fit, with or without a workspace.
- Not depending on Apple to fix issues with Xcode or otherwise force authors to have to do a lot of Xcode work not related to their library’s functionality.
Lovingly sponsored by a collection of companies, see the footer of CocoaPods.org for an up-to-date list.
All CocoaPods development happens on GitHub. Contributions make for good karma and we welcome new contributors with joy. We take contributors seriously, and thus have a contributor code of conduct.
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| CocoaPods.org | Homepage and search for Pods. |
| @CocoaPods | Follow CocoaPods on Twitter to stay up to date. |
| Blog | The CocoaPods blog. |
| Mailing List | Feel free to ask any kind of question. |
| Guides | Everything you want to know about CocoaPods. |
| Changelog | See the changes introduced in each CocoaPods version. |
| New Pods RSS | Don't miss any new Pods. |
| Code of Conduct | Find out the standards we hold ourselves to. |
CocoaPods is composed of the following projects:
| Status | Project | Description | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
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CocoaPods | The CocoaPods command line tool. | guides |
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CocoaPods Core | Support for working with specifications and podfiles. | docs |
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CocoaPods Downloader | Downloaders for various source types. | docs |
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Xcodeproj | Create and modify Xcode projects from Ruby. | docs |
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CLAide | A small command-line interface framework. | docs |
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Molinillo | A powerful generic dependency resolver. | docs |
| Master Repo | Master repository of specifications. | guide |