Alex
ActiveThe Cursor for Xcode
About
Tired of switching tabs to cursor every time you're building your iOS app in Xcode? Worry not! Alex is a sidebar app that works directly with Xcode, and has the same Cmd+L, Cmd+K, and Apply Code commands as Cursor. And, it's super fast. Check it out: https://alexcodes.app
From their website
alexcodes.app ↗Alex is an AI-powered coding assistant for Xcode, aimed at iOS and Swift development. It offers AI-assisted coding features, debugging, package management, and local/offline capabilities to boost productivity within Xcode.
Alex integrates into Xcode to automate project tasks, fix Swift errors and Xcode issues, provide AI-powered autocomplete, and perform in-editor code replacements. It can add Swift Package Manager packages, run local models, generate code from images, search codebases semantically, perform web searches for coding help, execute terminal commands within the project, and support inline actions like replacing lines, adding lines, and interacting with code via commands. It emphasizes local data handling with options for private, local model runs and hosted inference with data-retention controls.
Who it’s for: Individual iOS/Swift developers and teams building iOS apps who use Xcode and want AI-assisted coding, debugging, and productivity enhancements.
- Autofix errors with AI
- AI-powered autocomplete
- Inline code replacements
- Add lines from Xcode
- Auto-add SPM packages
- Run local models
- AI image-to-code generator
Public pricing and plans, multiple features highlighted, customer adoption cited (25,000+ developers mentioned), ongoing product updates and documentation presence.
Founders · 1
I'm an iOS Engineer, formerly built the iOS app for ElevenLabs and was a founding engineer at FlutterFlow (YC W21). Prior to that, I interned at Apple, Meta, and Google.
Launch
The most powerful Copilot for iOS Development
Alex provides an AI copiloto for Xcode, offering a sidebar chat, inline completions, and a tab-to-complete feature to accelerate iOS development. The product targets Xcode users and developers, and the launch highlights user growth (over 1,200 sign-ups since launch) and plans to train its own iOS-focused models and offer a local iOS development agent in the future.
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