Usefull Plugins for Xcode

What’s this all about?

This is just a short collection of some useful Xcode 4/5 plugins I use. Most of us Cocoa developers, I guess, are looking about for making our development environment a more friendly and “warm” place with features enriching the development experience.

This list is far off being complete and will be extended permanently. So if you like it you should take a look at it from time to time.

UncrustifyX

Xcode plugin to uncrustify the source code opened in the editor.
UncrustifyX Github-Repository.

XCFixins

This project includes plugins (known as fixins) that extend Xcode and fix some of its annoying behaviors.
XCFixins Github-Repository.

Xcode_beginning_of_line

XCode 4 plugin to make HOME key jump to the first non-whitespace line of code.
Xcode_beginning_of_line Of Line Github-Repository.

Dash Plugin for Xcode

This plugin allows you to use Dash (I think, this is a Must-Have!) instead of Xcode’s own documentation viewer when using option-click (or the equivalent keyboard shortcut) to view the documentation for the selected symbol.
Dash Plugin Github-Repository.

Exterminator

A magic button in Xcode to exterminate the current project’s DerivedData directories.
Exterminator Github-Repository.

KSImageNamed

Xcode plug-in that provides autocomplete for imageNamed: calls.
KSImageNamed Github-Repository.

ColorSense

Plugin for Xcode to make working with colors more visual. Every time when place the cursor on a UIColor/NSColor code fragment it will show the current color of this code as an overlay. By clicking this color overlay you can edit the value just with the standard OS X color picker.

ColorSense Github-Repository.

Mini Xcode

This is a plugin that makes it easier to run Xcode without the main toolbar. It adds keyboard shortcuts for selecting the active scheme and device, and a compact popup menu in the window title bar that shows the currently selected run configuration.
Mini Xcode Github-Repository.

Lin

Xcode4 plugin showing completion for NSLocalizedString andlocalizedStringForKey:value:table:.
Lin Github-Repository.

XVim

XVim is a Vim plugin for Xcode. The plugin intends to offer a compelling Vim experience without the need to give up any Xcode features..
XVim Github-Repository.

Fuzzy Autocomplete for Xcode

A Xcode 5 plugin that adds more flexible autocompletion rather than just prefix-matching.
Please read also this very interesting article of the developer of this plugin about the way of reverse engineering Xcode with dtrace.
Fuzzy Autocomplete Github-Repository.

XToDo

A plugin to collect and list the TODO, FIXME, ???, !!!
XToDo Github-Repository.

ClangFormat

An Xcode plug-in to to use clang-format from in Xcode. With clang-format you can use Clang to format your code to styles such as LLVM, Google, Chromium, Mozilla, WebKit, or your own configuration.
ClangFormat Github-Repository.

VVDocumenter

Xcode plug-in which helps you write Javadoc style documents easier.
I use this plugin constantly!
VVDocumenter Github-Repository.

KFCocoaPodsPlugin

Xcode plug-in for CocoaPods with pod commands/console output, user notifications & code completion.
KFCocoaPodsPlugin Github-Repository.

Alcatraz

Alcatraz is an open-source package manager for Xcode 5. It lets you discover and install plugins, templates and color schemes without the need for manually cloning or copying files. It installs itself as a part of Xcode and it feels like home.
Alcatraz Github-Repository.

SCXcodeMiniMap

SCXcodeMiniMap is a plugin that adds a source editor MiniMap to Xcode.
SCXcodeMiniMap Github-Repository.

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About Mitul Nakum

15+ years of experience in mobile application development which includes Symbian, J2ME, Android and iOS development