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Commands and aliases

• xcresultparser

Project history

The repository was created on 2021-06-11, with an initial 0.1 release on 2021-06-13 and a 1.0 release on 2021-08-02. The README explains that the tool interprets binary .xcresult files and emits txt, colored CLI, XML, JUnit, Cobertura, HTML, Markdown, warnings, and errors output.

The project originally had a strong coverage-conversion motivation: the README notes that converting Xcode coverage to Sonar-compatible XML used to require repeatedly invoking xccov for each file. Xcode 13 reduced that advantage by allowing broader coverage extraction at once, but xcresultparser had already grown into a more general test-result, issue, and coverage reporting tool.

The 1.x line added CI-oriented formats and compatibility fixes, including Markdown output for Teams-style webhooks, Cobertura XML, target filters, multiple test suites in JUnit XML, expected/skipped failure statuses, Jenkins xUnit compatibility, and warning/error export modes. In 2026, the 2.0.0-beta line removed the XCResultKit dependency and moved to direct xcresulttool and xccov parsing through local Codable models.

Adoption history

xcresultparser occupies a practical CI reporting niche for Apple platforms. Its outputs target common consumers such as SonarQube, JUnit readers, Cobertura coverage visualizers, Jenkins-style xUnit importers, GitLab code-quality workflows, Markdown summaries, and terminal diagnostics.

The changelog shows outside contributions for Cobertura support, duplicate-file coverage fixes, multi-destination test handling, and multiple-failure JUnit handling. That pattern suggests adoption by teams integrating Xcode test artifacts into non-Xcode reporting pipelines.

How it is used

A typical invocation points xcresultparser at an .xcresult bundle and chooses an output format. Developers use it after xcodebuild test or CI runs to extract test failures, code coverage, warning/error lists, or formatted summaries without opening Xcode's result browser.

Coverage workflows can select report formats, filter targets and excluded paths, and output XML or Cobertura-compatible data. Test workflows can output JUnit-style XML or human-readable CLI/HTML/Markdown summaries, with expected failures represented differently depending on the destination format's semantics.

Why package nerds care

xcresultparser matters because .xcresult is an Apple-specific binary result bundle while most CI dashboards expect open text formats. The package is a translation layer between Xcode's build artifacts and the broader ecosystem of test, coverage, and quality-report tooling.

Timeline

• 2021-06-11: Repository created on GitHub.
• 2021-06-13: 0.1 initial release.
• 2021-08-02: 1.0 release published.
• 2022-12-15: 1.2.0 added Cobertura XML coverage output.
• 2024-05-25: 1.6.0 adopted the newer Xcode 15 xccov command path for faster coverage extraction.
• 2024-07-28: 1.7.0 updated for Xcode 16 compatibility via XCResultKit support.
• 2026-02-24: 2.0.0-beta replaced XCResultKit usage with direct xcresulttool and xccov parsing.
• 2026-03-14: 2.0.0 fixed reporting of session-level issues not associated with a test or suite.

Related projects

• Apple's xcresulttool and xccov are core related tools because xcresultparser shells out to or models their data to extract .xcresult and coverage information.
• SonarQube, Jenkins, GitLab, and Cobertura-style tooling are related consumers of the reports produced by xcresultparser.

Sources

• https://github.com/a7ex/xcresultparser
• https://github.com/a7ex/xcresultparser/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/a7ex/xcresultparser/releases