Native Platforms & Languages in Mobile & Desktop


1	SwiftPopular Apple's safe, fast compiled language for iOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS apps, also used on servers.	70.5k	n/a	n/a	1w ago	89
2	SwiftUIPopular Apple's declarative UI framework for building apps across all Apple platforms in Swift.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
3	UIKit Apple's imperative UI framework for iOS; still powers most existing apps and interoperates with SwiftUI.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
4	KotlinPopular JetBrains' concise, null-safe JVM language; Google's preferred language for Android and the base of KMP.	53.6k	n/a	n/a	2d ago	86
5	Jetpack ComposePopular Android's modern declarative UI toolkit, recommended by Google for all new Android UI.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
6	XcodePopular Apple's IDE and toolchain required to build, sign, profile and ship apps for Apple platforms.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
7	Android StudioPopular Google's official IntelliJ-based IDE for Android development, with emulators, profilers and Gemini assistance.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
8	Tuist Generates and scales Xcode projects with module graphs, binary caching, selective testing and build insights.	5.9k	n/a	n/a	today	69
9	Objective-CLegacy Apple's original app language; still found in older iOS/macOS codebases, but Swift is used for new work.	No public repository or package of its own to measure
10	Java (Android)Legacy Android's original app language; common in older codebases, while Kotlin is now the default for new code.	No public repository or package of its own to measure

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SwiftPopular

Apple's safe, fast compiled language for iOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS apps, also used on servers.

70.5k

n/a

1w ago

89

2

SwiftUIPopular

Apple's declarative UI framework for building apps across all Apple platforms in Swift.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

3

UIKit

Apple's imperative UI framework for iOS; still powers most existing apps and interoperates with SwiftUI.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

4

KotlinPopular

JetBrains' concise, null-safe JVM language; Google's preferred language for Android and the base of KMP.

53.6k

n/a

2d ago

86

5

Jetpack ComposePopular

Android's modern declarative UI toolkit, recommended by Google for all new Android UI.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

6

XcodePopular

Apple's IDE and toolchain required to build, sign, profile and ship apps for Apple platforms.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

7

Android StudioPopular

Google's official IntelliJ-based IDE for Android development, with emulators, profilers and Gemini assistance.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

8

Tuist

Generates and scales Xcode projects with module graphs, binary caching, selective testing and build insights.

5.9k

n/a

today

69

9

Objective-CLegacy

Apple's original app language; still found in older iOS/macOS codebases, but Swift is used for new work.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

10

Java (Android)Legacy

Android's original app language; common in older codebases, while Kotlin is now the default for new code.

No public repository or package of its own to measure

Native Platforms & Languages

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Xcode

Android Studio

Tuist

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Native Platforms & Languages

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Xcode

Android Studio

Tuist

Objective-C

Java (Android)

Comparison

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Native Platforms & Languages

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Kotlin

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Xcode

Android Studio

Tuist

Objective-C

Java (Android)

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Native Platforms & Languages

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Xcode

Android Studio

Tuist

Objective-C

Java (Android)

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