awesome-apple

Category: Themed Directories
Tags: awesome-lists, apple, mobile

Overview

awesome-apple is an opinionated, curated “awesome list” of third‑party libraries, tools, plugins, and learning resources for development across Apple platforms, including iOS and macOS (with references to watchOS and tvOS via Apple-platform tooling and languages).

Repository: https://github.com/joeljfischer/awesome-apple

Features

• Curated, opinionated selection

  • Focuses on widely useful resources for most Apple platform developers
  • Not intended to be exhaustive; emphasizes quality and practicality

• Platform focus

  • iOS development resources
  • macOS (Mac) development resources
  • General Apple-platform tools, libraries, and learning materials

• Libraries & Frameworks by topic

  • iOS UI – UI components and frameworks tailored for iOS apps
  • Mac UI – UI components and frameworks for macOS applications
  • Images – Libraries for image handling, processing, loading, and management
  • Animation – Frameworks and utilities for creating animations in Apple apps
  • Logging – Tools and libraries for structured logging and debugging
  • Model Programming – Helpers for data modeling, persistence, and related patterns
  • Network Programming – Networking clients, abstractions, and HTTP/REST helpers
  • Audio – Libraries for audio playback, recording, and processing
  • Localization – Utilities for multi-language support and localization workflows
  • Programming Helpers – General-purpose helpers, utilities, and abstractions
  • Testing – Frameworks and tools to support unit, UI, and integration testing
  • Misc – Additional Apple development libraries that don’t fit other categories

• Xcode Plugins

  • Curated list of Xcode plugins
  • Installation recommended via Alcatraz, the package manager for Xcode
  • Includes plugins such as imageNamed: and others for improving workflow

• Tools & Developer Apps

  • Standalone developer tools and applications that assist with Apple app development
  • May include build tools, inspectors, profilers, and workflow utilities

• Websites and Resources

  • Learning materials, documentation, and reference sites for Apple developers
  • Links to language and ecosystem resources (Objective‑C and Swift)

• Ecosystem cross-links

  • Encourages checking GitHub’s Trending pages for:
    • Objective‑C projects
    • Swift projects
  • References other meta‑lists like awesome-awesomeness for broader discovery

• Contribution-friendly

  • Maintainer invites suggestions via GitHub issues for widely relevant Apple development resources

Pricing

• Not applicable. This is a free, open GitHub repository (awesome list) with no pricing plans.