使用 Homebrew 安装 objc-codegenutils

项目链接

• 主页
• 上游文档
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• objc-assetgen
• objc-colordump
• objc-identifierconstants

项目历史

The GitHub repository was created on 2014-02-18, in the Xcode 5 and iOS 7 transition period described by the README. The README presents the tools as a way to "meet Xcode halfway": Xcode 5 introduced useful asset-catalog and storyboard workflows, but older deployment targets and string-based identifiers still left gaps that small generators could smooth over.

The repository had a single v1.0 tag and its GitHub API metadata showed the last push on 2015-08-28. That makes the package a snapshot of mid-2010s Objective-C iOS tooling rather than an actively expanding generator framework.

采用历史

The repository metadata recorded 504 stars and 23 forks, notable for a three-tool Objective-C utility bundle. Homebrew core continued to package v1.0 with three executables, an Xcode build requirement, and 73 recorded installs over 365 days in the 2026-07-01 formula JSON.

使用方式

`objc-assetgen` reads `.xcassets` directories and generates Objective-C accessors for named images. `objc-colordump` reads `.clr` color palettes from macOS color-list files and generates color accessors. `objc-identifierconstants` reads storyboards and emits constants for view-controller, segue, and cell-reuse identifiers.

The generated files are meant to be placed in DerivedSources or a similar generated-code area, letting teams keep visual Xcode assets and interface-builder identifiers as the source of truth while using compiler-checked Objective-C symbols in code.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

objc-codegenutils is package-nerd interesting because it captures a narrow moment in Apple tooling: before Swift asset conveniences and newer generated-resource patterns became common, tiny command-line generators gave Objective-C teams a way to reduce stringly typed app code.

时间线

• 2014-02-18: the public GitHub repository was created.
• 2015-08-28: GitHub API metadata recorded the repository's last push.
• 2026-07-01: Homebrew core formula metadata listed stable version 1.0 and the three bundled executables.

Related projects

• The package is closely tied to Xcode asset catalogs, UIKit storyboards, Interface Builder nib/storyboard workflows, and macOS color palettes. It is conceptually related to later resource-code-generation tools that turn design-time assets into typed application code.

来源

• https://api.github.com/repos/puls/objc-codegenutils
• https://api.github.com/repos/puls/objc-codegenutils/tags
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/objc-codegenutils.json
• https://github.com/puls/objc-codegenutils