CocoaPods

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★★★★★4.2(378 reviews)

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CocoaPods is the original dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS projects — with 107,000+ libraries used in 3M+ apps. Built in Ruby and installable via the default macOS Ruby.

dependency-management swift objective-c package-manager ios

Pros

+Largest iOS/macOS library ecosystem
+Easy installation on macOS
+Strong community and documentation

Cons

-Ruby-based — Apple's Swift Package Manager is now favored for new projects
-Some libraries have migrated to SPM-only

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