Woah this is very exciting if true! I love Linux and my framework laptop, but have wanted to make simple iOS apps.
That being said, PWA’s are damn capable at this point for basic little apps. I wish more laypeople were aware of the ability to “install” PWA’s. Most non-tech people only think apps come from the iOS App Store.
Obscurity4340 · 1h ago
Are PWA's subject to Safari's data collection policies or is it different?
pjmlp · 1h ago
Why bothering collecting on the client, when we can collect everything on the server?
justanotheratom · 2h ago
Note: you can also use it to replace Xcode on macOS for building iOS software!
Awesome! I hope Apple will not get the lawyers out for this project (especially for licensing issues)... but this is promising for the future!
walterbell · 2h ago
It should be usable in Asahi Linux on Mac hardware.
preisschild · 54m ago
AFAIK the Apple EULA, which you have to agree to before uploading Apps to the App store, requires that you have built the software on Apple Hardware.
IANAL, but if I understand correctly that means, the only conformant way to build on linux would be to you install linux on the Apple hardware.
bitwize · 4m ago
With antitrust regulators (including, to a certain extent, the relatively feckless ones in the USA) breathing down Apple and Google's necks, they might not be able to get away with enforcing that rule for long.
https://github.com/gnustep/libs-xcode
That being said, PWA’s are damn capable at this point for basic little apps. I wish more laypeople were aware of the ability to “install” PWA’s. Most non-tech people only think apps come from the iOS App Store.
Also, there is an MCP Server to bypass Xcode from Cursor: https://github.com/cameroncooke/XcodeBuildMCP
IANAL, but if I understand correctly that means, the only conformant way to build on linux would be to you install linux on the Apple hardware.