XcodesApp

Xcodes.app

The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode.

_If you're looking for a command-line version of Xcodes.app, try `xcodes` (opens in a new tab)._

Announcement

XcodesApp is now part of the XcodesOrg - [read more here](nextstep.md)

Features

• List all available Xcode versions from Xcode Releases' (opens in a new tab) data or the Apple Developer website.
• Install any Xcode version, fully automated from start to finish. Xcodes uses `aria2` (opens in a new tab), which uses up to 16 connections to download 3-5x faster than URLSession.
• Automatically resumes installs if network errors.
• Apple ID required to download Xcode versions.
• Just click a button to make a version active with xcode-select.
• View release notes, OS compatibility, included SDKs and compilers from Xcode Releases (opens in a new tab).
• Dark/Light Mode supported
• Security Key Authentication supported
• Support installing Platforms/Runtimes
• Support installing Apple Silicon variants

Platforms/Runtimes

• Xcodes supports downloading the Apple runtimes via the app. Simply click on the Platform, and Xcodes will install automatically for you.

Note: iOS 18+, tvOS 18+, watchOS 11+, visionOS 2+ requires that Xcode 16.1 Beta 3+ be installed and active.

Apple Silicon Variants

As of Xcode 26, Apple provides Apple Silicon as well as Universal variants for Xcode versions as well as each runtime. Simply tap on which variant you want installed. To install the Apple Silicon runtime variant Xcode 26 is required to be active.

Experiments

• Thanks to the wonderful work of https://github.com/saagarjha/unxip (opens in a new tab), turn on the experiment to increase your unxipping time by up to 70%! More can be found on his repo, but bugs, high memory may occur if used.