Swift

An open-source programming language by Apple

5.0•62 reviews•

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An open-source programming language by Apple

5.0•62 reviews•

188 followers

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A general-purpose programming language that’s approachable for newcomers and powerful for experts. It is fast, modern, safe, and a joy to write.

Launch tags:iOS•iPad•Linux

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Android apps in Swift?! Source code hosted on GitHub.

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10yr ago

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10yr ago

5.0

Based on 62 reviews

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Reviewers have little to say beyond a clear positive lean: the one substantive user review praises Swift for balancing readability and performance, with modern syntax that stays fast in practice. They also highlight strong typing and safety features for preventing common mistakes without making the language feel rigid, saying it remains expressive and enjoyable to write. Founder reviews add no usable detail, so the picture here is narrow but consistent: Swift is seen as a safe, readable language that still feels quick and pleasant in everyday use.

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5.0

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native app development (9)

fast performance (7)

seamless integration with Apple's ecosystem (6)

SwiftUI (5)

strong safety features (4)

easy to learn (2)

modern syntax (2)

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Blankie

•6 reviews

I've been building cross-platform apps with SwiftUI (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS) and the experience is genuinely delightful. The syntax is clean, idiomatic, and just makes sense (even when Xcode decides to be Xcode). The language design is thoughtful and modern. SwiftUI makes UI development feel natural across all Apple platforms. Type safety without the verbosity. The tooling ecosystem is still smaller than I'd like. It's very much "the Apple way" - polished but contained within their world. If you're building for Apple's ecosystem, Swift is the obvious choice and far better than something cross-platform in an Electron shell. Just don't expect the sprawling community you'd find with JavaScript or Python.

What's great

type safety (1)modern syntax (2)SwiftUI (5)seamless integration with Apple's ecosystem (6)

What needs improvement

small community (1)limited tooling ecosystem (1)

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used Swift to build Firetask 5

•3 reviews

Already worked with a lot of programming languages (C, C++, ObjectiveC, Java, JavaScript), but Swift is definitely one of the best (if not THE best). The only small downside is that generics are really extremely "typed", but even this improved a lot over the last few years. The best things about Swift: safe optionals, good error handling and Swift concurrency.

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used Swift to build TypoTab

•3 reviews

I like Swift because it's super easy to get started with for developing apps in the Apple ecosystem. TypoTab is the first app I've ever made, and starting out in Swift was super easy. I'm not sure if there are alternatives for making a menu bar application for macOS, but regardless, I did not look elsewhere.

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easy to learn (2)beginner-friendly (1)seamless integration with Apple's ecosystem (6)

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1yr ago