iOS Dev Tools: AscBuddy, TourKit, Hokusai
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AscBuddy
Browser extension for App Store Connect that helps Apple developers ship new apps and updates faster, automate workflows like localization, and optimize store listings for ASO.
Why you will like it:
Streamlined and automated publishing (no fumbling around App Store Connect).
Built-in ASO Tools.
Notifications so you never miss a User Review.
Generate compelling metadata (”What’s New”, Promotional Text, etc) with the help of AI.
Finally get Dark Mode for App Store Connect.
Works directly in your browser with a fast, native-feeling experience.
Free to get started.
TourKit
Swift Package that provides a SwiftUI slideshow view for feature walkthroughs and onboarding flows, plus a ready-to-use floating window controller on macOS.
Why you will like it:
Embed TourSlideshowView inside any sheet, window, or custom layout you already manage.
TourKitWindowController presents a borderless, draggable, card-sized window - perfect for onboarding on app launch.
Gradient blending between artwork and the text panel, animated page indicator, and subtle glass-style icon buttons (with liquid-glass material on newer OS versions).
Title, description, and button labels are LocalizedStringKeys, with optional per-page tableName and stringsBundle overrides for custom .strings / .xcstrings tables.
Load images from your asset catalog, a specific module bundle (e.g. .module), or on-disk resource files (png, jpg, heic, tiff, gif, webp, …).
Animated page changes and a keyboard shortcut (Return) on the primary action.
Pure SwiftUI + AppKit.
Hokusai
High-performance image processing library built on libvips for blazing-fast operations (resize, crop, rotate, convert, composite) and text rendering via Pango/Cairo through libvips.
Built for modern Swift server applications with async/await support, comprehensive error handling, and a clean, chainable API.
Why you will like it:
Streaming processing with minimal memory footprint via libvips.
Professional text rendering with Google Fonts, stroke, shadow, kerning, rotation.
JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, TIFF with quality control.
Multiple fit modes (cover, contain, fill) with intelligent cropping.
Layer images with blend modes and opacity control.
Fluent interface for combining operations.
Full Swift concurrency support with comprehensive error types.
openclick - open-source CLI that drives macOS UI from a prompt. An LLM produces a plan of UI actions; openclick executes them via the macOS Accessibility APIs. Early and rough. MIT-licensed.
LikeTony - LikeTony rewrites your entire landing page in the voice of people your customers already trust.
PaceBar - Helps you notice when your work pace is rising. Your data never leaves your Mac.
Breaks - It tracks focus, keeps streaks, and reflects on your week with on-device AI.
TextSniper - Extract text from images and other digital documents.
Tella - All-in-one screen recorder. Record, edit and share every video.
Swift Craft May 18-20th, United Kingdom (Folkestone) 🇬🇧
MAU Vegas May 19-21st, United States (Las Vegas) 🇺🇸
mDevCamp June 3-4th, Czech Republic (Prague) 🇨🇿
MacAdmins July 7-10th, United States (Pennsylvania) 🇺🇸
Swift Rockies July 22-23th, Canada (Calgary) 🇨🇦
iOSDevUK September 7-10th, United Kingdom (Aberystwyth) 🇬🇧
Swift Island September 7-11th, Netherlands (Texel) 🇳🇱
NSSpain September 16-18th, Spain (Logroño) 🇪🇸
Next.app devcon October 7-9th, Germany (Berlin) 🇩🇪
SwiftLeeds October 12-14th, United Kingdom (Leeds) 🇬🇧
DevFest Hamburg October 16-17th, Germany (Hamburg) 🇩🇪
code.talks November 4-5th, Germany (Hamburg) 🇩🇪
Swiftsonic November 20-22nd, United States (Nashville) 🇺🇸
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