swiftplantuml mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• swiftplantuml

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in January 2021. The official README describes a command-line tool and Swift Package for generating class diagrams powered by PlantUML from Swift files.

The project grew around SourceKit-backed Swift source inspection. Its README documents command-line operation, Swift Package use, an Xcode source editor extension, and configuration through `.swiftplantuml.yml`.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation instructions include Homebrew, Mint, and source builds. The README also notes that the Homebrew installation previously used the maintainer's tap before the plain `brew install swiftplantuml` command became available.

GitHub release metadata shows public releases through the 0.8.x series in 2024. Compared with SwiftLint or SwiftFormat, the official record supports a narrower adoption story centered on diagram generation rather than general Swift build hygiene.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common usage is running `swiftplantuml` or the default `classdiagram` subcommand against files or directories containing Swift sources. The tool can emit or view generated PlantUML output and can use `.swiftplantuml.yml` for includes, excludes, access-level filtering, relationship display, and theming.

Because SwiftPlantUML hooks into SourceKit, the README tells users to run it with the same Swift toolchain used to compile the code.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

SwiftPlantUML matters to package nerds as an example of a small Swift CLI that packages compiler-adjacent source inspection into a reusable tool. Its Homebrew and Mint support make architecture documentation reproducible without requiring every developer to build from source.

It also shows the packaging friction around SourceKit tools: the binary is simple to install, but correctness can still depend on the active Swift/Xcode toolchain.

Zeitleiste

• 2021: GitHub repository created.
• 2024: GitHub release metadata lists 0.8.0 and 0.8.1 releases.
• 2024: Generated API documentation was updated for the 0.8.1 release.

Related projects

• Related projects include PlantUML, SourceKit, SwiftFormat, SwiftLint, Mint, Homebrew, and the separate SwiftPlantUML Xcode extension.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML
• https://github.com/MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML#readme
• https://marcoeidinger.github.io/SwiftPlantUML
• input.source_facts.package-manager