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#Pragma Conference 2025: Code Swift, Eat Pasta, Meet People
Pragma Conference is back! The leading iOS and Swift event in Italy returns on October 30–31, 2025, in Bologna.
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Picasso
Good App Store screenshots can significantly boost your conversion rates by 36%. But if you're not a designer, creating them feels like torture.
Picasso App Screenshots Studio app helps you create professional App Store screenshots in minutes, not hours.
Why you will like it:
Picasso helps you localizing your screenshots to get x2 downloads worldwide: Localize with String Catalog.
Use Picasso’s battle tested templates to ship faster.
Upload screenshots automatically to App Store Connect including all your devices and locales: Correct screenshots order, all display sizes at once and all localizations at once.
Create screenshots for every Apple device.
Run A/B test on the App Store.
Bulk import from Fastlane.
Create the “zoom-in” UI effect easily
Available on iOS and macOS.
YoutubeTranscript
This package uses an unofficial YouTube API. The library uses an HTML scraper and the Innertube API to fetch transcripts.
Why you will like it:
Fetches transcripts for YouTube videos and Shorts.
Supports language selection.
Handles all major YouTube transcript error cases.
Async/await API for modern Swift concurrency.
Comprehensive unit tests using Swift Testing.
Applite
Applite is a free and open-source macOS application that streamlines third-party app installation and management using Homebrew. The app is built using Swift and SwiftUI.
Why you will like it:
Install, update, and uninstall apps with a single click.
Clean and simple UI designed for non-technical users.
Works with existing brew installation.
Supports system proxy (HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5).
Handpicked gallery of awesome apps.
Free and open source.
Ailight
Create custom AI actions for your most common tasks and transform anything on your screen without breaking your flow.
CopyChecker
With CopyChecker, you'll always know when specific content types are copied on your Mac with real-time notifications.
Swift Island September 2-4th, Netherlands (Texel) 🇳🇱
NSSpain September 17-19th, Spain (Logroño, La Rioja) 🇪🇸
ServerSide.swift October 2-3rd, UK (London) 🇬🇧
Swift Connection October 6-7th, France (Paris) 🇫🇷
SwiftLeeds October 7-8th, UK (Leeds) 🇬🇧
PragmaConf October 30-31st, Italy (Bologna) 🇮🇹
Do iOS November 11-13th, Netherlands (Amsterdam) 🇳🇱
Appdevcon March 10-13th, Netherlands (Amsterdam) 🇳🇱
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