Is there a real Swift Package Manager Registry in existence?

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Created Nov ’23

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I would like to be able to use an SPM registry to access the various open source packages that my app uses. I want to do this so that I can use JFrog's Artifactory as a registry proxy, and manage my app's dependencies through it.

I've found an announcement in 2019 that GitHub Package Registry was going to support Swift packages, but I have found no newer info. All the other things I've found which call themselves Swift package registries do not conform to SE-0292.

Are there any public SPM registries? Will there be any in the near future?

Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Nov ’23

This is probably better asked over in the Swift Forums. I know this is an ongoing discussion over there, and you'll get more guidance from the forum participants who are facing similar issues.

Answer 2

LaurentGaches OP

Mar ’25

I'm developing SwiftHive, a Swift Package Registry that fully conforms to SE-0292 specifications. This project directly addresses your need for a standards-compliant registry to manage your app's dependencies.

SwiftHive is currently in beta, and I'm looking for developers to test it and provide feedback. Your use case would be valuable to our development process.

Learn more at: https://swifthive.l18.dev

Answer 3

Another1DD OP

1d

Late to this thread, but since it keeps coming up for anyone searching "SE-0292 registry", figured I'd add another data point.

The original question here was about a registry for proxying open source dependencies, which Perchly doesn't really do (that's genuinely a different problem, closer to what Artifactory/JFrog are for). But if anyone lands here looking for a way to host your own team's private Swift packages behind a real SE-0292 registry instead of git-subtree hacks or one-repo-per-package, I built Perchly for exactly that: https://perchly.dev. It's SE-0292 native, so swift package resolve just works with no plugins.

Still early and solo-built, so happy to hear if anyone runs into rough edges.