apple/xcode-project-format

A Swift library for reading, writing, and manipulating Xcode's JSON-based project.xcproj format.

Developer toolsSwift

5.7 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

Apple's Swift library for reading, writing, and manipulating Xcode's JSON-based project.xcproj format, with a typed model under the XCSchema namespace. Also ships the xcprojformatter CLI tool.

Useful for

Build an Xcode project generator in Swift with typed access to targets and files
Write a linter or validator for project.xcproj structure without hand-parsing JSON
Format project files via the xcprojformatter CLI

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

33 stars so far today, about 56 expected by the end of the day.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 3 days old and already has 353 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #29.
About 7 forks a day — people are taking the code.
Recent forks include notable developers: @devxsby (200 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 353
Stars in a day: 56
Forks: 9
Issues and pull requests: 10
Watchers: 4
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
Created: September 15, 2026
Last push: September 16, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026Top new repositories this week: #27
September 17, 2026Top new repositories this week: #34

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