Cacao
A pure Swift implementation of UIKit (Cocoa Touch) that runs cross-platform, including Linux.
What is Cacao?
Cacao is a pure Swift implementation of Apple's UIKit framework that runs cross-platform, including on Linux. It allows developers to write iOS-style user interface code using UIKit APIs and run it on non-Apple platforms while maintaining native performance and hardware-accelerated animations. The project solves the problem of platform lock-in by bringing the familiar UIKit development experience to Linux and other environments.
Swift developers who want to build cross-platform applications using UIKit APIs, particularly those targeting Linux or multiple desktop platforms while maintaining iOS-like UI patterns.
Developers choose Cacao because it provides a faithful, dependency-free implementation of UIKit in pure Swift, enabling true cross-platform UI development without requiring Objective-C or Apple-specific frameworks. Its support for hardware-accelerated animations and native window integration makes it unique among Swift UI solutions for Linux.
Overview
Pure Swift Cross-platform UIKit (Cocoa Touch) implementation (Supports Linux)
Use Cases
Best For
- Porting existing iOS UIKit code to Linux
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