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Swift Outside Apple

The cluster centers on discussions about Swift's usability, adoption, open-source status, and limitations for development beyond Apple platforms like iOS and macOS, including Linux, Windows, backend services, and cross-platform potential.

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swift.org CoreData OSS SwiftData OS github.com API UI swift apple ios platforms ios apps xcode language typescript outside apps

Sample Comments

BasedInfra • Feb 12, 2021 • View on HN

How is swift for stuff beyond applications for the apple ecosystem?

duped • Nov 12, 2021 • View on HN

It's a shame Swift isn't as usable outside Apple platforms

svarrall • May 6, 2016 • View on HN

Are you considering Swift support?

pjmlp • Feb 4, 2019 • View on HN

Swift is pretty useless outside Apple platforms.

31reasons • Sep 14, 2016 • View on HN

You do realize that Swift is open source now right ?

eyko • Apr 14, 2016 • View on HN

Doesn't Swift's tooling leave much to be desired?

goestoo • Jun 19, 2024 • View on HN

Sorry, I didn't know that, I thought swift is only for Apple platforms.

theturtletalks • Feb 28, 2025 • View on HN

Interesting, they seem to be switching to Swift soon.

thelastbender12 • May 15, 2019 • View on HN

curious, does Swift potentially fill this gap for you?

bru • Apr 8, 2024 • View on HN

There's more languages than Swift...