iOS Dev Tools: SwiftTerm, Conduit, FRTMTools
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SwiftTerm
SwiftTerm is a VT100/Xterm terminal emulator library for Swift applications that can be embedded into macOS, iOS applications, text-based, headless applications or other custom scenarios.
Unicode rendering (including Emoji, and combining characters and emoji).
Reusable and pluggable engine allows multiple user interfaces to be built on top of it.
Selection engine (with macOS support in the view).
Supports colors (ANSI, 256, TrueColor).
Supports mouse events and terminal resizing operations (controlled by remote host, or locally).
Hyperlinks in terminal output.
AppKit, UIKit front-ends; ncurses front-end provided separately.
Local process and SSH connection support (some assembly required for the last one).
CoreText rendering can munch through the hardened Unicode test suites.
Sixel graphics (Use img2sixel to test).
iTerm2-style graphic rendering (Use imgcat to test).
Terminal session recording and playback with termcast.
Conduit
Conduit provides a clean, idiomatic Swift interface for LLM inference.
Choose your provider explicitly—local inference with MLX on Apple Silicon, cloud inference via HuggingFace, or system-integrated AI with Apple Foundation Models on iOS 26+.
Why you will like it:
Switch between local (MLX), cloud (Anthropic, OpenAI, HuggingFace, OpenRouter), and system (Foundation Models) with minimal code changes.
Download any model from HuggingFace Hub for local MLX inference with progress tracking.
Generate Swift types directly from LLM responses with the
@Generablemacro.Run models entirely on-device with MLX, Ollama, or Foundation Models.
Built from the ground up with actors, Sendable types, and AsyncSequence.
FRTMTools
A desktop + CLI toolkit for dissecting mobile application bundles. Feed it an IPA, APK, or AAB and you’ll get instant visibility into binaries, resources, dependencies, and security posture - with actionable tips on how to slim everything down.
Why you will like it:
A single scan surfaces IPA internals (Mach-O binaries, frameworks, bundles) and Android specifics (Dex vs native libs, manifest components, permissions).
Every Mach-O discovered during the scan is checked for debug symbols. Unstripped binaries are listed with per-file savings in both the app and the generated HTML dashboards.
Scans your bundle for orphaned images, sounds, and localized files, helping you delete the dead weight before shipping.
Integrates a Periphery-based pass to highlight Swift symbols that are compiled but never used.
Looks inside binaries/resources to ensure profanity or banned strings don’t slip into production builds.
Compare two builds to understand size deltas per file or category before publishing.
The
TipGeneratorcatches duplicate assets, oversized resources, ATS exceptions, dangerous permissions, and more.Interactive charts, dependency graphs, manifest insights, and summary cards for both iOS and Android packages.
Automate scans inside CI using the same analyzer core as the macOS app. The CLI generates the same interactive HTML dashboards.
Voicy
Voicy allows you to write with your voice on every website and app on your Mac, Windows, or Browser.
Lasso
Lasso is a window manager for macOS that allows you to move and resize windows across multiple monitors.
iOS Conf SG January 21-23rd, Singapore 🇸🇬
ARCtic Conference February 10-12th, Finland (Oulu) 🇫🇮
Appdevcon March 10-13th, Netherlands (Amsterdam) 🇳🇱
Deep Dish Swift April 12-14th, USA (Chicago) 🇺🇸
try! Swift April 12-14th, Japan (Tokyo) 🇯🇵
iOSKonf May 4-6th, North Macedonia (Skopje) 🇲🇰
MacAdmins July 7-10th, United States (Pennsylvania) 🇺🇸
iOSDevUK September 7-10th, UK (Aberystwyth) 🇬🇧
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Love the Conduit Mention! Great Tool.