# Install xcode-kotlin with Homebrew

Kotlin Native Xcode Plugin. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:xcode-kotlin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install xcode-kotlin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:xcode-kotlin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2.1
- **Source summary:** Kotlin Native Xcode Plugin
- **Homepage:** <https://touchlab.co/xcodekotlin>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:24-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- xcode-kotlin (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.1
## Project history and usage

xcode-kotlin is Touchlab's Kotlin/Native Xcode support plugin, aimed at teams that put Kotlin Multiplatform code inside iOS applications and still want to debug that shared Kotlin code directly from Xcode.

### Project history

The public GitHub repository was created on 2019-01-25, and the first GitHub release, 0.1, was published on 2019-03-27 as a basic debugging release. Touchlab's README describes the plugin as a way to debug Kotlin code running in an iOS application directly from Xcode, improving the integration experience for iOS developers who may not work in the shared Kotlin sources every day.

Touchlab's earlier documentation around debugging Kotlin on iOS framed the tool in the Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile adoption problem: iOS developers needed Kotlin files visible in Xcode and needed dynamic frameworks for debugging. In 2024 the project reached a 2.0.0 release that Touchlab presented as a major debugging improvement, including faster debugging, richer variable information, and support across Swift, Kotlin, and Objective-C stack frames.

### How it is used

The package is used as an Xcode plugin plus CLI: users install the command-line tool, run its install command, and then debug shared Kotlin code from an iOS Xcode session. Its niche is not project generation or build orchestration, but making Kotlin/Native debugging feel less foreign inside Xcode.

### Why package nerds care

For package catalogues, xcode-kotlin is significant as a Kotlin Multiplatform bridge tool rather than a general Xcode utility. It represents the practical tooling that grew around KMM adoption, where the package boundary crosses language ecosystems: Kotlin libraries, iOS apps, LLDB/Xcode, and Homebrew distribution.

### Timeline

- 2019-01-25: touchlab/xcode-kotlin repository created on GitHub.
- 2019-03-27: 0.1 release published as a basic debugging release.
- 2020-10-12: 0.2.0 release continued the early plugin line.
- 2024-07-16: 2.0.0 release added major debugging performance and display improvements.
- 2025-04-15: 2.2.1 release published.

### Sources

- <https://dev.to/touchlab/debugging-kotlin-on-ios-with-xcode-37fd>
- <https://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin>
- <https://github.com/touchlab/xcode-kotlin/releases>
- <https://touchlab.co/xcode-kotlin-2-0>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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- cross-ecosystem install command graph