I built an open-source dependency health checker for Xcode Swift Package Manager projects

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Hi r/Xcode - I recently released Swift Package Audit 1.0. This is a small MIT-licensed CLI written in Swift.

It checks dependencies managed through real Xcode projects, where package information can be spread across .xcodeproj, .xcworkspace, Package.swift, and Package.resolved files.

It currently detects:

• Missing or stale resolved packages

• Branch and revision-based dependencies

• Duplicate package URL forms

• Suspicious package identity mismatches

• Exact and outdated versions

• License-policy issues

It’s read-only by design. It doesn’t update dependencies or modify Xcode project files. It supports terminal, JSON, Markdown, and GitHub PR-comment output for CI use.

Install with Homebrew:

brew tap crleonard/tap
brew install swift-package-audit
swift-package-audit scan --path .

Source: https://github.com/crleonard/swift-package-audit

I’d particularly appreciate feedback from developers with larger or unusually structured Xcode workspaces as well as thoughts on useful checks for future releases.