# Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai

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Podcast: [Empower Apps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empower-apps-676755)
Published: 2025-07-04T13:01:14+00:00
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## Resource

Kabir Oberai joins us to talk about xTool, Cross-platform Xcode replacement and how Xcode works under the hood to build apps. Guest Kabir Oberai Kabir Oberai (@kabiroberai@mastodon.social) - Mastodon https://x.com/kabiroberai Announcements macOS Virtual Machine App for Developers - Bushel SyntaxKit - More Friendly SwiftSyntax API Post Show Discussion with Kabir on Patreon BrightDigit Newsletter Related Links xtool | Documentation xtool-org/xtool: Cross-platform Xcode replacement. Build and deploy iOS apps with SwiftPM on Linux, Windows, macOS. cirruslabs/tart: macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon to use in CI and other automations kabiroberai/node-swift: Create Node modules in Swift Kabir Oberai - Batteries Not Included: Beyond Xcode - YouTube Related Episodes Live from CommunityKit WWDC 2025 with Matt Massicotte v26.0 with Peter Witham Swift on Android with Marc Prud'hommeaux Swift Toolkit with Natan Rolnik Swift Student Challenge with Dezmond Blair WWDC Notes with Cihat Gündüz We Have All The Heroes with Stefano Mondino The Bushel Holiday Special Swiftly Tooling with Pol Piella Abadia Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdion GitHub - @brightdigit GitHub - @leogdion TikTok - @brightdigit Mastodon - @leogdion@c.im Youtube - @brightdigit BlueSky - ‪@leogdion.bsky.social‬ Twitter Leo - @leogdion Twitter BrightDigit - @brightdigit Credits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (00:00) - Introduction and Announcements (00:53) - Kabir Oberai and WWDC (06:20) - What is xTool (19:48) - Mastering iOS App Signing (35:57) - Future Plans and Community Contributions Thanks to our monthly supporters Steven Lipton ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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