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24 alternatives to Swift 2.0

Fully open sourced with ports for OS X, iOS, and Linux.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swift 2.0 launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swift▲12

   An Open-Source Programming Language

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Swift▲271

   Apple's innovative new programming language

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Swift Devs▲101

   A community for developers and students of Swift

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Xcode 7.0▲280

   Swift 2 and SDKs for iOS 9, watchOS 2, and OS X 10.11

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Swift ToolBox▲182

   Community-supported catalog of Swift libraries for iOS & OSX

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Advanced Swift▲97

   From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Swift Language▲69

   Swift Developers Community

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Swift AI▲243

   A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9LS
   Learn Swift▲238

   2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LearnSwift.tips▲138

    Swift Tutorials, Code Samples, References and more!

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Render▲169

    React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

    A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Swift Guides▲82

    The Best Way to Learn Swift Development

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Creo 2.0▲235

    The next generation mobile app development tool

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    iOS Cookies▲248

    A hand curated collection of iOS libraries written in Swift

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Developing with Swift▲309

    Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Swift Summary Book▲157

    Summary of Apple's Swift language written on Playgrounds

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Natasha The Robot▲262

    A curated list of the best Swift resources every week

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Phoenix▲83

    Free and open version of Apple's Swift programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    RunSwift▲134

    Try Swift in Your Browser

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SwiftKey for iOS▲252

    The keyboard that learns from you.

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    SwiftAI – open-source library to easily build LLM features on iOS/macOS▲74

    We built SwiftAI, an open-source Swift library that lets you use Apple’s on-device LLMs when available (Apple opened access in June), and fall back to a cloud model when they aren’t available — all without duplicating code. SwiftAI gives you: - A single, model-agnostic API - An agent/tool loop - Strongly-typed structured outputs - Optional chat state Backstory: We started experimenting with Apple’s local models because they’re free (no API calls), private, and work offline. The problem: not all devices support them (older iPhones, Apple Intelligence disabled, low battery, etc.). That…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    ObjectiveC2Swift▲155

    A tool that converts Objective-C to Swift

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24OS
    Open Source PaaS for Swift Web Apps▲49

    2016 · serve.swifton.me · its alternatives →

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