Pedro Piñera Buendia
Founder
Tuist
Tuist provides a Swift‑based DSL that programmatically generates fully configured Xcode projects, removing manual setup and simplifying dependency management. The platform adds a remote binary cache, selective testing, a Swift package registry, and a build‑insights dashboard with API access to accelerate builds, reduce CI time, and enable shareable preview URLs.
Updated 5 months ago
Funding
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Problem
iOS teams often struggle with manually configuring Xcode projects, which leads to lengthy build times, repetitive test execution, unwieldy dependency management, and difficulty tracking app bundle size and build performance. These inefficiencies hinder productivity, especially as codebases scale.
Solution
Tuist offers a platform that automates Xcode project generation using a Swift‑based domain‑specific language, allowing developers to define workspace structure programmatically. It integrates a remote binary cache to reuse compiled artifacts, dramatically reducing local and CI build durations. Selective testing runs only the tests impacted by recent changes, cutting unnecessary test cycles. The built‑in package registry streamlines resolution of open‑source Swift packages, while build and bundle insights surface per‑target metrics and asset duplication to aid optimization. Additionally, Tuist provides a URL‑based preview service for instant sharing of app builds with stakeholders. All features are accessible via a web dashboard and REST API, enabling seamless integration into existing development pipelines.
Target Audience
The primary customers are iOS development teams ranging from large enterprises to indie developers who need to accelerate builds, improve test efficiency, and manage complex project configurations.
Features
- Swift DSL for declarative definition of Xcode workspaces and targets, generating fully configured projects on demand
- Remote binary caching service that stores and retrieves compiled artifacts across machines and CI agents
- Selective testing engine that analyzes code changes to execute only affected test suites
- Integrated Swift package registry offering lightweight, fast resolution of OSS dependencies
- Build insights dashboard presenting per‑target compile times, environment metadata, and commit correlation
- Bundle size analysis tools that detect duplicate assets and oversized resources to guide size reduction
- Preview sharing via secure URLs, enabling stakeholders to run builds on simulators or devices without local setup
- RESTful API and web UI for automation, reporting, and integration with CI/CD workflows