# swifterswift/swifterswift **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/swifterswift-swifterswift).** 15,100 stars · 1,667 forks · Swift · MIT ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift - Homepage: https://swifterswift.com - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/swifterswift-swifterswift.md ## Description SwifterSwift is a collection of Swift extensions designed to reduce boilerplate code during the development of iOS and macOS applications. It provides a library of pre-made utilities that extend the standard library and system frameworks to streamline data manipulation, system integration, and user interface optimization. The project provides specialized tools for a wide range of development tasks. This includes image processing and binary translation, text string manipulation, and complex data management for arrays, strings, and dictionaries. It also offers utilities for network request management and the retrieval of application metadata. The library covers several capability areas, including UI layout simplification and component styling, coordinate-space transformation for 2D and 3D geometry, and mathematical calculation utilities. It further extends system functionality through type-safe local storage wrappers, date and time utilities, and automated view controller instantiation from storyboards. ## Tags ### Programming Languages & Runtimes - [Swift Resources](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/programming-language-varieties/programming-languages/language-specific-resources/apple-platform-languages/swift-resources.md) — Provides a comprehensive library of pre-made Swift extensions to reduce boilerplate for iOS and macOS application development. - [Collection Enhancements](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/collection-enhancements.md) — Provides utilities for filtering, sorting by key-paths, removing duplicates, and performing safe indexing on arrays. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Standard Library Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/standard-library-extensions.md) — Extends the Swift standard library with additional utilities to reduce boilerplate for common data tasks. ([source](https://github.com/swifterswift/swifterswift#readme)) - [System Integration Helpers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/system-integration-helpers.md) — Streamlines interactions with system-level data including dates, files, and local storage for better efficiency. - [Framework Utility Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/framework-utility-extensions.md) — Offers utility functions that accelerate development within graphics, location, and mapping frameworks. ([source](https://github.com/swifterswift/swifterswift#readme)) - [Key-Path Mappings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/key-path-mappings.md) — Uses Swift key paths to perform sorting and filtering across different data models without writing custom closures. - [System Framework Wrappers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/language-helpers/system-framework-wrappers.md) — Provides helper methods for streamlining interactions with dates, files, and URLs. ([source](https://github.com/swifterswift/swifterswift#readme)) ### Part of an Awesome List - [Interface Enhancements](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/interface-enhancements.md) — Implements convenience methods that simplify the styling and management of interface components. ([source](https://github.com/swifterswift/swifterswift#readme)) - [View Styling Shortcuts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/ui-styling-and-components/view-styling-shortcuts.md) — Provides shortcuts for quickly configuring colors, corner radii, padding, and button states for UI elements. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Image and Media Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/more/image-and-media-processing.md) — Provides tools for applying tinting, scaling, corner rounding, and Base-64 conversion to images. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [General Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/general-utilities.md) — Large collection of native Swift extensions. ### Data & Databases - [Swift Collection Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/array-manipulation-utilities/swift-collection-extensions.md) — Provides a comprehensive set of extensions for simplifying common operations on Swift arrays, strings, and dictionaries. - [Nested Dictionary Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/key-value-pair-managers/nested-dictionary-utilities.md) — Provides capabilities for fetching nested values, grouping items by key-paths, and mapping complex data structures. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Type-Safe Local Storage](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/type-safe-data-abstractions/type-safe-local-storage.md) — Provides subscripts for storing and retrieving type-safe objects and basic types from local storage. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Type-Safe Subscripts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/type-safe-subscripts.md) — Implements custom getters and setters for local storage to provide strongly typed access to key-value pairs. ### Development Tools & Productivity - [Text String Manipulation Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/developer-utilities-libraries/programming-logic-libraries/text-string-manipulation-utilities.md) — Provides comprehensive operations for regex matching, padding, slicing, and localized formatting of text strings. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Date and Time Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/date-and-time-utilities.md) — Provides tools for calculating relative time, handling date components, and formatting dates into human-readable strings. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) ### Mobile Development - [iOS UI Layout](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/ios-ui-layout.md) — Provides shorthand methods for styling views and managing programmatic layout constraints on iOS. - [Swift UI Constraints Wrappers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/swift-ui-constraints-wrappers.md) — Ships streamlined wrappers for managing native UI layout constraints and anchoring views. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Protocol Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/extensibility-patterns/protocol-extensions.md) — Adds reusable functionality to existing Swift types by extending standard library protocols and system frameworks. - [Disposable Observers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/observer-patterns/disposable-observers.md) — Wraps system notification observers in a disposable pattern that automatically unregisters after a single execution. ### Networking & Communication - [HTTP Request Builders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/http-request-builders.md) — Implements utilities for constructing, formatting, and dispatching HTTP requests within a Swift environment. ### User Interface & Experience - [Coordinate Transformation Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/coordinate-transformation-utilities.md) — Implements tools for mapping and calculating offsets between screen-space and internal application coordinate systems. - [Fluent UI Configuration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/fluent-ui-configuration.md) — Provides convenience methods for view properties that return the instance to allow sequential styling updates. - [View Controller Lifecycle Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/presentation-frameworks/navigation-flow-controllers/navigation-controllers/view-controller-lifecycle-management.md) — Simplifies the instantiation of controllers from storyboards and the management of popover and child controller relationships. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)) - [Storyboard Controller Instantiation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/storyboard-controller-instantiation.md) — Automates the lookup and creation of view controllers from storyboard identifiers using generic wrapper methods. ### Web Development - [URL Construction](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/url-construction.md) — Provides utilities for the dynamic construction and manipulation of request URLs and query parameters. ([source](https://github.com/SwifterSwift/SwifterSwift/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md))