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24 alternatives to Swift

Apple's innovative new programming language

Swift is Apple's programming language designed for developing applications on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It features concise and expressive syntax with modern programming capabilities that prioritize safety… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swift launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swifty▲411

   Learn to code in Swift on iPhone & iPad

   2015 · hellocode.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Developing with Swift▲310

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

   2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Swift Playgrounds▲378

   Learn serious code on your iPad in a seriously fun way

   2016 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4LS
   Learn Swift▲238

   2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Xcode 7.0▲280

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

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Complete iOS 8 Course▲318

   Learn by Building 14 Different Apps in Swift

   2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Codecademy's Learn Swift▲12

   Learn Apple's programming language for iOS, watchOS, more 🍎

   2019 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Design+Code iOS▲403

   Swift 4 designers. Learn to make an iOS app, from the app

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Swift 4.2 Algorithms & Data Structures▲4

   Modern Code, Illustrations & Computer Science

   2018 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Simple Pascal interpreter written in Swift▲103

    Simple Swift interpreter for the Pascal language inspired by the Let’s Build A Simple Interpreter article series. - igorkulman/SwiftPascalInterpreter

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    SwiftCode▲110

    Learn Swift more quickly and easily

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Advanced Swift▲97

    From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Swift▲12

    An Open-Source Programming Language

    2015 · swift.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Swift Language▲69

    Swift Developers Community

    2014 · swiftlang.eu · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Xcode 11▲232

    Create amazing apps and bring them to more devices

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Swift Summary Book▲157

    Summary of Apple's Swift language written on Playgrounds

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Swifty Compiler▲72

    Write and run Swift code easily and professionally

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Swift AI▲243

    A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Swift Bootstrap ▲437

    Develop iOS apps faster

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Nativeline AI + Cloud▲111

    Native Swift apps + a real cloud database. One prompt away.

    Mar 2026 · nativeline.ai · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Swiftbites▲220

    Learn how to code in swift with interactive mini lessons

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

    A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

    2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Swift Playgrounds for iPad▲72

    Learn serious code

    2021 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    LayoutCode▲77

    Turn UI to Swift iOS code

    2022 · its alternatives →

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