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SwiftUI compatibility experiments for Linux, QuillData, QuillKit, and Enchanted/Quill Chat porting

18 starsSwift

iOS Apps on Linux

by ljlolel·Jun 25, 2026·4 points·0 comments
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Runs unmodified SwiftUI apps on Linux by reimplementing AppKit on Qt instead of emulating binaries.

Strengths
  • •Source-level compatibility avoids binary emulation overhead and legal gray areas.
  • •Detailed API coverage docs track parity for SwiftUI, Network, and Security.
  • •Ports real apps like Enchanted and WireGuard with visible UI rendering.
Weaknesses
  • •Many Apple framework APIs remain incomplete or unimplemented per coverage docs.
  • •Requires source access to apps, unlike binary compatibility layers like Wine.
Target Audience

Linux developers, Swift developers, Cross-platform app builders

Similar To

Darling · Wine · Flutter

Post Description

We developed and tested SwiftUI for Linux (and AppKit, NSFoundation, etc.) -- looking for more Swift apps to test on Linux!

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