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Install xcode-kotlin with Homebrew

Kotlin Native Xcode Plugin. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

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brew install xcode-kotlin

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overview

Package summary

Kotlin Native Xcode Plugin

Commands and aliases

  • xcode-kotlin

history

Project history and usage

xcode-kotlin is Touchlab's Kotlin/Native Xcode support plugin, aimed at teams that put Kotlin Multiplatform code inside iOS applications and still want to debug that shared Kotlin code directly from Xcode.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created on 2019-01-25, and the first GitHub release, 0.1, was published on 2019-03-27 as a basic debugging release. Touchlab's README describes the plugin as a way to debug Kotlin code running in an iOS application directly from Xcode, improving the integration experience for iOS developers who may not work in the shared Kotlin sources every day.

Touchlab's earlier documentation around debugging Kotlin on iOS framed the tool in the Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile adoption problem: iOS developers needed Kotlin files visible in Xcode and needed dynamic frameworks for debugging. In 2024 the project reached a 2.0.0 release that Touchlab presented as a major debugging improvement, including faster debugging, richer variable information, and support across Swift, Kotlin, and Objective-C stack frames.

How it is used

The package is used as an Xcode plugin plus CLI: users install the command-line tool, run its install command, and then debug shared Kotlin code from an iOS Xcode session. Its niche is not project generation or build orchestration, but making Kotlin/Native debugging feel less foreign inside Xcode.

Why package nerds care

For package catalogues, xcode-kotlin is significant as a Kotlin Multiplatform bridge tool rather than a general Xcode utility. It represents the practical tooling that grew around KMM adoption, where the package boundary crosses language ecosystems: Kotlin libraries, iOS apps, LLDB/Xcode, and Homebrew distribution.

Timeline

  • 2019-01-25: touchlab/xcode-kotlin repository created on GitHub.
  • 2019-03-27: 0.1 release published as a basic debugging release.
  • 2020-10-12: 0.2.0 release continued the early plugin line.
  • 2024-07-16: 2.0.0 release added major debugging performance and display improvements.
  • 2025-04-15: 2.2.1 release published.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

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xcode-kotlincliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.2.1
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected2.2.1

https://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:xcode-kotlin
Version2.2.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xcode-kotlin
Homepagehttps://touchlab.co/xcodekotlin
Repositoryhttps://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin
Upstream docshttps://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin/archive/refs/tags/2.2.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-15T10:21:24-04:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgradle
Bottleavailable (on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namexcode-kotlin
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Requirements
  • macos
  • xcode
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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