Swift Package Manager

E97043

build automation tool dependency management tool software package manager

Swift Package Manager is the official tool for managing, building, and distributing Swift code and dependencies across projects.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Swift Package Manager canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swift Package Manager
Context triple: [Swift (programming language), packageManager, Swift Package Manager]

A. Swift
Swift is a modern, compiled programming language developed by Apple for building fast, safe, and expressive applications across its platforms and beyond.
B. SwiftUI
SwiftUI is Apple’s modern declarative user interface framework for building apps across all its platforms using the Swift programming language.
C. GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
D. Xcode
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for creating software across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms.
E. NuGet package manager
NuGet package manager is a tool for managing and distributing reusable .NET libraries and dependencies, commonly integrated into development environments like Visual Studio.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swift Package Manager
Target entity description: Swift Package Manager is the official tool for managing, building, and distributing Swift code and dependencies across projects.

A. Swift
Swift is a modern, compiled programming language developed by Apple for building fast, safe, and expressive applications across its platforms and beyond.
B. SwiftUI
SwiftUI is Apple’s modern declarative user interface framework for building apps across all its platforms using the Swift programming language.
C. GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting and management service integrated into GitHub, enabling developers to publish, share, and reuse packages alongside their source code and workflows.
D. Xcode
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for creating software across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms.
E. NuGet package manager
NuGet package manager is a tool for managing and distributing reusable .NET libraries and dependencies, commonly integrated into development environments like Visual Studio.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	build automation tool ⓘ dependency management tool ⓘ software package manager ⓘ
configurationFile	Package.swift ⓘ
designGoal	manage Swift code distribution ⓘ provide cross-platform Swift builds ⓘ simplify dependency management ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
hasCommand	swift build ⓘ swift package ⓘ swift package init ⓘ swift package resolve ⓘ swift package update ⓘ swift run ⓘ swift test ⓘ
hostedOn	GitHub ⓘ
includedIn	Swift toolchain ⓘ Xcode ⓘ
initialReleaseYear	2015 ⓘ
integratedIntoXcodeSince	Xcode ⓘ surface form: Xcode 11
license	Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
manifestLanguage	Swift ⓘ
openSource	true ⓘ
operatingSystem	Linux ⓘ macOS ⓘ
partOf	Swift ecosystem ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Swift ⓘ
programmingLanguage	Swift ⓘ
replaces	Carthage in some workflows ⓘ CocoaPods in some workflows ⓘ
repository	https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager ⓘ
supports	Linux platform ⓘ Swift packages ⓘ Windows platform ⓘ Xcode integration ⓘ binary targets ⓘ command-line usage ⓘ custom build settings per target ⓘ editable packages ⓘ executable targets ⓘ iOS ⓘ library targets ⓘ local package dependencies ⓘ macOS platform ⓘ multiple platforms ⓘ plugins ⓘ remote package dependencies ⓘ resources in packages ⓘ semantic versioning ⓘ test targets ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ
uses	manifest file ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swift → packageManager → Swift Package Manager ⓘ

subject surface form: Swift (programming language)

Vapor (web framework) → compatibleWith → Swift Package Manager ⓘ

subject surface form: Vapor

Vapor (web framework) → distributionMethod → Swift Package Manager ⓘ