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Whether you’re brand new to mobile development, or you’ve been working on iOS apps since 2008, there are some amazing open source tools out there that solve common pain points, speed up development, and generally make life easier.

Here are 5 useful open source OS X projects:

Fastlane

https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane

Fastlane on CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/fastlane/fastlane

What’s it for? Fastlane is a popular tool used to automate the release of iOS and Android apps. It handles tedious tasks, like generating screenshots, dealing with code signing, and releasing your application.

Who should use it? Anyone releasing an app to the Apple or Android app stores.

React Native

https://github.com/facebook/react-native

React Native on CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/facebook/react-native

What’s it for? React Native is a framework for building native mobile apps using JavaScript and React. React Native is used by huge mobile apps like Facebook, Instagram, Airbnb, and Baidu.

Who should use it? React Native helps developers reuse code across the web and mobile easier. If you’re building apps or experiences across multiple platforms, or think you will want to someday, it could be a good option to help you scale. Artsy has written more about using React Native on their blog, which is a great introduction for those who want to learn more.

SwiftLint

https://github.com/realm/swiftlint

SwiftLint on CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/realm/swiftlint

What’s it for? SwiftLint is a linter maintained by realm.io that helps you identify and flag parts of your code that may not be following the stylistic rules settled on by either the community or your team you’re working with. SwiftLint helps teams writing apps for the Apple ecosystem keep their code consistent.

Who should use it? Teams writing apps for the Apple ecosystem who want to keep their code consistent.

Traits

https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Traits

Traits on CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/krzysztofzablocki/Traits

What’s it for? Traits allows you to modify the design and behavior of native iOS apps without having to restart them, even across the globe. Traits is a library that provides you the ability to change many properties of your apps (not only design) without having to recompile the application.

Who should use it? You should use Traits if you want to quickly iterate and experiment with the look and feel of your application.

Sourcery

https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery

Sourcery on CircleCI: https://circleci.com/gh/krzysztofzablocki/sourcery

What’s it for? Sourcery scans your source code, applies your personal templates and generates Swift code for you, allowing you to use meta-programming techniques to save time and decrease potential mistakes.

Who should use it? You should use Sourcery if you want to take advantage of Swift’s features, and use more advanced behaviors without having to maintain boilerplate code.

Building an open source OS X project?

We offer the Seed plan free for OS X open-source projects. Contact us at billing@circleci.com for access. If you are building a bigger open-source project and need more resources, let us know how we can help you.

If you’re building for web, we offer open-source projects a total of four free Linux containers (16 GB/ 8 CPU; $2400 annual value). Simply keeping your project public will enable this for you.

Have an OSS project building on CircleCI that we should highlight? Let us know at sayhi@circleci.com