The most active Swift / iOS repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Swift / iOS repository on GitHub is swiftlang/swift (70.2k stars). The top 10 Swift / iOS repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 386.9k combined stars, averaging 38.7k each, with 7 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 120 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 61% are in the United States.

What are the most active Swift / iOS repositories in August 2026?

The Swift / iOS open-source ecosystem keeps growing. Here are the most active repositories to watch this month.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	swiftlang/swift The Swift Programming Language	⭐ 70,238 (+11)	today
2	swiftlang/swift The Swift Programming Language	⭐ 70,238 (+11)	today
3	appwrite/appwrite Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Database android appwrite	⭐ 56,811 (+16)	today
4	Alamofire/Alamofire Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift alamofire carthage	⭐ 42,414 (+2)	6 days ago
5	airbnb/lottie-ios An iOS library to natively render After Effects vector animations animation bodymovin	⭐ 26,820 (+9)	1mo ago

Which Swift / iOS repositories grew the most this month?

Here is how the Swift / iOS rankings changed compared to last month:

• appwrite/appwrite: +16 stars
• swiftlang/swift: +11 stars
• airbnb/lottie-ios: +9 stars
• mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios: +3 stars
• Alamofire/Alamofire: +2 stars

The biggest mover this month was appwrite/appwrite, which gained 16 stars.

Which Swift / iOS repositories are growing fastest?

Ranked by star growth, these Swift / iOS projects are rising fastest right now:

• mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios +3 stars this month (13.0k total)
• onevcat/Kingfisher +2 stars this month (24.4k total)
• swiftlang/swift-package-manager +2 stars this month (10.2k total)
• ReactiveX/RxSwift +1 stars this month (24.6k total)
• apple/swift-algorithms +1 stars this month (6.3k total)

How active is the Swift / iOS ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Swift / iOS repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 386,856
• Average stars per repository: 38,685
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 7 out of 10

If you are hiring Swift / iOS engineers, the contributors to these repositories are exactly who you are looking for. StarHunt finds them.

Who builds the top Swift / iOS repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 242 contributors across these Swift / iOS repositories. Among the 120 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 61% (73)
• United Kingdom: 16% (19)
• Germany: 10% (12)
• Canada: 7% (8)
• Spain: 3% (4)
• France: 3% (4)

48% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

A few standouts across individual repositories:

• swiftlang/swift — 72% of swiftlang/swift's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States. 24% of them are in San Francisco alone.
• swiftlang/swift — 72% of swiftlang/swift's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States. 24% of them are in San Francisco alone.
• Alamofire/Alamofire — 55% of Alamofire/Alamofire's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• ReactiveX/RxSwift — 51% of ReactiveX/RxSwift's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.

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