# Install swiftly with Homebrew

Swift toolchain installer and manager. Version 1.1.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:swiftly
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install swiftly
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:swiftly
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.3
- **Source summary:** Swift toolchain installer and manager
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/swiftlang/swiftly>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/swiftlang/swiftly>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:25-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- swiftly (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.3
## Project history and usage

swiftly is the Swift project's official command-line installer and version manager for standalone Swift toolchains. It matters to package-manager culture because it gives Swift a first-party answer to language-version managers such as swiftenv, with project-level `.swift-version` files and support for stable and snapshot toolchains.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in June 2022. The README describes swiftly as a Swift-written CLI for installing, managing, and switching Swift toolchains on Linux and macOS.

Swift.org announced swiftly 1.0 on March 28, 2025 as the first stable release and said the tool had previously existed for years as a community-supported Linux tool. The announcement also credits Patrick Freed for creating swiftly and contributing it to the Swift organization.

### Adoption history

The 1.0 announcement marked swiftly's move from community-supported tool to officially supported part of the core Swift toolchain, including hosting under the Swift GitHub organization and adding macOS support.

Swift.org installation pages use swiftly for standalone Swift installation outside Xcode. The documentation covers installing the latest release, installing older releases, using snapshots, and self-updating the tool.

### How it is used

Common usage is `swiftly init`, `swiftly install`, `swiftly use`, `swiftly list-available`, and `swiftly self-update`. A repository can include `.swift-version` so contributors and CI select the same Swift toolchain.

swiftly is aimed at developers who need more than the Swift version bundled with Xcode: Linux services, command-line tools, CI jobs, nightly snapshots, and compatibility testing across older Swift releases.

### Why package nerds care

swiftly is significant because language toolchain installation is usually where system packages, tarballs, shell scripts, and version managers collide. Swift.org moving this into an official CLI reduces the amount of bespoke bootstrap code Swift users need in project setup.

For package maintainers, `.swift-version` turns Swift itself into repository metadata, similar in spirit to `.ruby-version`, `.node-version`, or `rust-toolchain`, while retaining official Swift release and signature infrastructure.

### Timeline

- 2022: GitHub repository created.
- 2025: Swift.org announces swiftly 1.0 as the first stable release.
- 2025: swiftly becomes officially supported as part of the core Swift toolchain.
- 2026: GitHub release metadata shows active 1.1.x maintenance.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Swift Package Manager, swiftenv, Xcode toolchains, Swift.org install infrastructure, and the Swift OpenAPI-based release APIs used by swiftly.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/swiftlang/swiftly>
- <https://github.com/swiftlang/swiftly#readme>
- <https://www.swift.org/blog/introducing-swiftly_10/>
- <https://www.swift.org/install/macos/swiftly/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .swift-version

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/swiftly.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/swiftly.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph