Home/ Questions/Q 7505913
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-29T22:05:03+00:00

I would like to develop Mac applications, but don’t want to use XCode. I

  • 0

I would like to develop Mac applications, but don’t want to use XCode. I have many reasons…

  1. It’s VERY slow…
  2. It’s complicated…
  3. The Interface Builder seems like cheating and is not as satisfying. (I know, old school)
  4. The whole developer tools set takes a lot of space and takes a long time to download (meanwhile slowing the rest of my computer down)

I know it’s possible because I have seen some scripts compiled with gcc. Are there any tutorials? Are there any tips? I know how to run it, but I just need help learning how to use it without XCode making code for me. Is this a good plan, or is this just destined for failure?

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    AppCode.

    AppCode is an IDE for Objective-C developers building native Cocoa
    apps for MacOS X or iOS who strive for higher coding productivity and
    better code quality.

    EditRocket.

    EditRocket can compile and execute Objective-C programs. EditRocket
    uses the gcc compiler to compile Objective-C programs

    GNUstep.

    GNUstep provides a robust implementation of the AppKit and Foundation
    libraries as well as the development tools available on Cocoa,
    including Gorm (the InterfaceBuilder) and ProjectCenter
    (ProjectBuilder/Xcode).

    THE COCOTRON

    The Cocotron is an open source project which aims to implement a
    cross-platform Objective-C API similar to that described by Apple
    Inc.’s Cocoa documentation. This includes the AppKit, Foundation,
    Objective-C runtime and support APIs such as CoreGraphics and
    CoreFoundation

    .
    Take a look at build and run a Cocoa Mac application on the command-line post.
    alternatives to XCode for iPhone development? (OR: how to make XCode suck less?).

    • 0