Nimble

macOS native Swift IDE

Open Source, Super Fast, Extensible,
Beautiful, Written in Swift

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Beautiful design

Nimble strictly follows the Apple UX design guidelines, making it a beautiful app designed for the macOS developer

Lightning fast

All our code is optimized for performance and applies strict automatic testing to deliver one of the fastest Swift IDEs available

Open Source

Nimble is released on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license so that it is open to anyone and can be safely extended by the developer community

Swift Syntax Validation

Nimble’s uses SourceKit to perform syntax validation to write Swift code without errors

Swift Smart Autocompletion

Nimble’s uses a combination of LSP and custom logic to provide fast, developer friendly autocompletion.

Project Support

Nimble organizes its directory and files in projects. You can instantaneously switch between the projects.

Extensible

Nimble can easily be extended by creating Swift plugins. Its API is publicly documented

Customizable

Because of our VSCode theme support, Nimble’s Look and Feel can easily be adjusted

IDE Framework

Nimble is the ideal framework to build native IDEs for other languages. We feature out of the box support for Textmate grammar, VSCode themes and Language Server Protcol

Frequently asked questions

For further information, visit our
documentation site or slack channel

Is Nimble free of charge?

Yes, we don’t charge the user for it. It’s free.

What support is included?

Users can discuss Nimble on our Slack channel. Support is provided through the community

Is Nimble Open Source?

Yes. Nimble is published under Apache 2.0 license.

What are the system requirements?

Nimble runs on macOS 10.14 and higher. It requires Swift Toolchain 5.2.