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A cross-platform tool for building and signing iOS apps without running Xcode on macOS, though it still needs Apple SDK files taken from Xcode.

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Mac at any scale
namespace.so · 10 days ago
Lets you build iOS apps on Linux, though still early and without a Simulator.

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