Editing Xcode (section)

{{Short description|IDE including tools for developing software for Apple platforms}}
{{Use mdy dates |date =October 2013}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Xcode
| logo = Xcode.svg
| logo size = 120px
| screenshot = Xcode screenshot.png
| caption = 
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| operating system = [[macOS]]
| genre = [[Integrated development environment]] (IDE)
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] with [[open-source software|open-source]] components
| website = {{URL|https://developer.apple.com/xcode/}}
| released = {{start date and age|2003|10|23}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2003/11/macosx-10-3/ | title=Mac OS X 10.3 Panther | date=November 9, 2003 | author=John Siracusa | accessdate=2022-01-15 }}</ref>
}}

'''Xcode''' is a [[software suite|suite]] of [[developer tool]]s for building apps on [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] devices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode |title=Xcode Documentation |publisher=[[Apple Developer]]}}</ref> It includes an [[integrated development environment]] (IDE)  of the same name for [[macOS]], used to develop software for macOS, [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[watchOS]], [[tvOS]], and [[visionOS]]. It was initially released in late 2003; the latest stable release is version 16, released on September 16, 2024, and is available free of charge via the [[Mac App Store]] and the [[Apple Developer]] website.<ref name="Xcode on the Mac App Store">{{cite web|title=Xcode on the Mac App Store |url = https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref> Registered developers can also download preview releases and prior versions of the suite through the Apple Developer website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/download/|title=Downloads|publisher=Apple Developer|access-date= May 29, 2018}}</ref> Xcode includes command-line tools that enable [[UNIX]]-style development via the [[Terminal (macOS)|Terminal app]] in macOS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/xcode/features/|title=Xcode - Features|website=developer.apple.com|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref> They can also be downloaded and installed without the [[GUI]].

Before Xcode, Apple offered developers [[Project Builder]] and [[Interface Builder]] to develop Mac OS X applications.