Swiftorg

Swiftorg is the official home of the Swift programming language’s open-source project. It coordinates the development of the compiler, standard library, tooling, and documentation, and provides governance and community resources. The term Swiftorg is sometimes used informally to refer to the project site.

Swift originated at Apple in 2014 as a modern language designed for safety and performance on Apple platforms. The project was open-sourced in 2015 under the Apache License 2.0, and Swift.org was established to host the open-source effort, coordinate community contributions, discussions, and the release process. Since then, it has served as a central hub for developers contributing to the language and its ecosystem.

Scope and components: The site offers downloads for compilers and the standard library, API documentation, tutorials, and design proposals via the Swift Evolution process. The project is hosted in public repositories, with contributions from Apple and a broad open-source community. Swift.org also provides tooling, build instructions, and guides for contributing to the language and its ecosystems.

Governance: The Swift project maintains a Steering Committee and a Core Team, along with various working groups. The Swift Evolution process governs language changes, with proposals tracked as SE-xxx and reviewed by maintainers and the community before adoption. The governance model emphasizes transparency and broad participation.

Impact and use: Swift is widely used for developing applications on Apple platforms and has growing adoption for server-side development on Linux and other environments. The Swift.org ecosystem includes the Swift Package Manager and related tooling, supporting cross-platform development, education, and community collaboration.