Yet another caching tool for Xcode projects but with SPM support

Caching frameworks is a popular technique to tackle project build time in many large-scale projects. A few outstanding tools in this category are cocoapods-binary-cache, Rugby, and XCRemoteCache. Rugby and cocoapods-binary-cache are particularly tailored for CocoaPods-based projects while XCRemoteCache works for a more general project structure. However, all three of them has the same limitation: lacking support for SPM/Swift packages.

This xccache tool attempts to bridge that gap.
The long-term vision of this initiative is to make it a unified caching tool for iOS projects, including CocoaPods-based structures.

Via Bundler: Add the gem xccache to the Gemfile of your project.

gem "xccache"

Via RubyGems:

$ gem install xccache

Check out this doc: Getting Started

TLDR: Simply run xccache to set it up. Run xccache --help to explore the usages.

If caches are in place, you should see this in Xcode build logs.

👉🏻 Check it out: here 🎉

Check out these docs to understand more about xccache:

• 🔧 How to Install
• 📝 Overview
• 🚀 Getting Started
• 📖 Under the Hood
  • Packaging as an xcframework
  • Ensuring Bundle.module When Accessing Resources
  • Macro as Binary
  • Proxy Packages
• 🩺 Troubleshooting
• ✍🏼 Case Study: Using XCCache in Kickstarter iOS Project

Check out this doc: Features and Roadmap

Refer to the contributing guidelines for details.

The tool is available as open-source under the terms of the MIT License.

• Cytoscape.js for the cachemap visualization

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