colemancda / conche

Swift build system and dependency manager.

Conche

A native Swift build system and dependency manager.

Usage

Conche uses information about your library described in it's podspec, including any dependencies.

$ conche build
Downloading Dependencies
-> PathKit 0.5.0
-> Commander 0.5.0
Building Dependencies
-> PathKit
-> Commander
Building Conche
Building Entry Points
-> conche -> .conche/bin/conche

{
  "name": "Conche",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "source_files": "Conche/*.swift",
  "entry_points": {
    "cli": {
      "conche": "bin/conche.swift"
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "Commander": [ "~> 0.5.0" ],
    "PathKit": [ "~> 0.5.0" ]
  }
}

NOTE: entry_points is an extension to a podspec allowing you to create CLIs.

You can execute your tool via conche after built.

$ conche exec <NAME>

Installation

Homebrew

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/kylef/Conche
$ cd Conche
$ make DESTDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/Conche/HEAD install
$ brew link conche

Why don't you have a formula?

Conche is still alpha and this will be made when we're ready.

Other

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/kylef/Conche
$ cd Conche
$ make install

Status

Conche is currently a MVP and is missing many features.

Missing Features

• Dependency resolution - Currently versions will not be checked and the latest version of a dependency MAY be used.
• Support for various components of a podspec, such as frameworks, resources, etc.
• Support for CocoaPods subspecs.
• Private spec repositories.

FAQ

I want to use Xcode.

Conche is probably not for you, I'd suggest you take a look at CocoaPods instead which offers Xcode integration. The purpose of Conche is that it is a build system separate from Xcode which can work on various platforms such as Linux.

Does Conche support Linux?

Currently it does not, however it's built with other operating systems in-mind and it would be trivial to add support for other platforms once Swift is finally opened sourced. See #7.

Can I build an OS X, iOS, watchOS, tvOS application with Conche?

Not yet, but in the future you may be able to. Only CLI tools and libraries are supported.

Why don't you support X?

Either we don't want to or we haven't got round to implementing it yet. Pull requests are welcome.

Can Conche build Conche?

Of course.