CocoaPods
cocoapods.orgThe Dependency Manager for iOS & Mac projects
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About
CocoaPods is an open-source dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects on iOS and macOS. It hosts over 107,000 libraries and is used in more than 3 million apps. Developers declare dependencies in a Podfile and CocoaPods handles installation and integration into Xcode projects.
Problem
Managing third-party library dependencies in Xcode projects is complex and time-consuming without a standardized tool.
For
iOS and macOS developers using Swift or Objective-C
How it works
Developers list dependencies in a Podfile, then run `pod install` to automatically download and integrate libraries into their Xcode workspace.
Business model
open-source
Status
launched