Swift Language

@SwiftLang

Swift is a general-purpose programming language that's fast, modern, safe, and a joy to write. Designed for all, developed in the open.

swift.org Joined May 2014

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Swift Language @SwiftLang 5d

This summer, a fantastic group of students dove into the Swift ecosystem for Google Summer of Code! ☀️ Here's a look at their amazing contributions to:

📝 DocC in SourceKit-LSP
⏱️ Task tracking for Concurrency
🔍 Name lookup in swift-syntax

Read more: swift.org/blog/gsoc-2026…

www.swift.org GSoC 2026 Showcase The Swift project once again participated in Google Summer of Code in 2026, pairing newcomers to open source with mentors to build new features for Swift and its ecosystem.

Swift Language @SwiftLang Oct 30

Swift 6.4.2 is here 🔧 This maintenance release brings stability improvements to the compiler, Swift Package Manager, Swift Build, and Foundation. Read more: forums.swift.org/t/announcing-s…

forums.swift.org Announcing Swift 6.4.2 Announcing Swift 6.4.2 We are happy to announce the release of Swift 6.4.2. Install Swift Toolchain Install via Swiftly swiftly install 6.4.2 or swiftly install latest Download toolchain directly...

Swift Language @SwiftLang Oct 16

Swift Package Index now supports Swift 6.4 and uses it to generate documentation 📦

Package authors, check that your packages work with the move to Swift Build: swiftpackageindex.com/blog/swift-6-4…

Example Swift Package Index results showing which Swift versions and platforms a package builds on. It builds with Swift 6.4, 6.3, 6.2 and 6.1, and on iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, tvOS, Linux and Android. Wasm is greyed out.

Swift Language @SwiftLang Oct 15

@pointfreeco's series on advanced macro techniques wraps up with part 2: type inference. A great read for Swift macro authors. Check it out at pointfree.co/blog/posts/233…

www.pointfree.co Advanced macro technique #2: Type inference The final advanced Swift macro technique we will discuss is how macros can determine the static type of an expression whose type must be inferred by the compiler. This is particularly useful for...

Swift Language @SwiftLang Oct 13

Swift 6.4.1 is out now! ⚙️ This maintenance release improves compiler stability, enhances dependency resolution in Swift Package Manager, and includes fixes for Foundation and Swift Testing. More here: forums.swift.org/t/announcing-s…

forums.swift.org Announcing Swift 6.4.1 Announcing Swift 6.4.1 We are happy to announce the release of Swift 6.4.1. Install Swift Toolchain Install via Swiftly swiftly install 6.4.1 or swiftly install latest Download toolchain directly...