vijaytholpadi / SwiftPlate

Easily generate cross platform Swift framework projects from the command line

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

Either:

• Run main.swift in your terminal as ./main.swift or swift main.swift

or

• Run make in your terminal to install SwiftPlate.
• Run swiftplate in your terminal.

or

• Open SwiftPlate.xcodeproj.
• Run the project, and use Xcode’s console to provide input.

or

• Open SwiftPlate.xcodeproj.
• Archive the project.
• Move the built binary to /usr/local/bin.
• Run swiftplate in your terminal.

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.