# CocoaPods – an Objective-C library manager

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CocoaPods.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CocoaPods)
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CocoaPods manages library dependencies for your Xcode project.

You specify the dependencies for your project in one easy text file. CocoaPods
resolves dependencies between libraries, fetches source code for the
dependencies, and creates and maintains an Xcode workspace to build your
project.

Ultimately, the goal is to improve discoverability of, and engagement in, third
party open-source libraries, by creating a more centralized ecosystem.

Installing and updating CocoaPods is very easy. Don't miss the [Installation
guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides/installing_cocoapods.html) and the
[Getting started guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides/getting_started.html).
See the [NSScreencast](https://twitter.com/NSScreencast) episode about [using
CocoaPods](http://nsscreencast.com/episodes/5-cocoapods) for a quick overview.


## Links

| Link | Description |
| :----- | :------ |
[CocoaPods.org](http://cocoapods.org/) | Homepage and search for Pods.
[@CocoaPods](http://twitter.com/CocoaPods) | Follow CocoaPods on Twitter to get up to date information about what's going on in the CocoaPods world.
[Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/cocoapods) | Announcements and support. Feel free to ask any kind of question.
[Documentation](http://docs.cocoapods.org) | Everything you want to know about CocoaPods.
[Changelog](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) | See the changes introduced by each CocoaPods version.
[RSS feed](http://feeds.cocoapods.org/new-pods.rss) | Don't miss any new Pod.


## Projects

CocoaPods is composed by the following projects:

| Status | Project | Description | Info |
| :----- | :------ | :--- | :--- |
| [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CocoaPods.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CocoaPods) | [CocoaPods](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods) | The CocoaPods command line tool. | [docs](http://docs.cocoapods.org/cocoapods)
| [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Core.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Core) | [CocoaPods Core](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Core) | Support for working with specifications and podfiles. | [docs](http://docs.cocoapods.org/cocoapods_core)
| [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader) |[CocoaPods Downloader](https://github.com/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader) |  A small library that provides downloaders for various source types. |  [docs](http://docs.cocoapods.org/cocoapods_downloader/index.html)
| [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj) | [Xcodeproj](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Xcodeproj) | Create and modify Xcode projects from Ruby. |  [docs](http://docs.cocoapods.org/xcodeproj/index.html)
| [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CLAide.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/CLAide) | [CLAide](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CLAide) | A small command-line interface framework.  | [docs](http://docs.cocoapods.org/claide/index.html)
| [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Specs.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/CocoaPods/Specs) | [Master Repo ](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs) | Master repository of specifications. | [guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides/contributing_to_the_master_repo.html)


## Collaborate

All CocoaPods development happens on GitHub,  Contributions make good karma and
we welcome new contributors.

# Donations

- [@fngtps](http://twitter.com/fngtps) is donating time to work on the design
  of the forthcoming cocoapods.org website and donated the money to hire [Max
  Steenbergen](http://twitter.com/maxsteenbergen) to design [an
  icon](http://drbl.in/cpmL) for it.
- [@sauspiel](http://twitter.com/Sauspiel) uses CocoaPods for their games and
  have hired me to add features and specs they needed. These are Nimbus,
  QuincyKit, and HockeyKit. For the [Nimbus
  spec](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/master/Nimbus/0.9.0/Nimbus.podspec),
  the ‘subspecs’ feature was added.

# Endorsements

- “I am crazy excited about this. With the growing number of Objective-C
  libraries, this will make things so much better.” –– [Sam
  Soffes](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3009154)
- “Are you doing open source iOS components? You really should support
  @CocoaPods!” –– [Matthias
  Tretter](http://twitter.com/#!/myell0w/status/134955697740840961)
- “So glad someone has finally done this...” –– [Tom
  Wilson](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3009349)
- “Anybody who has tasted the coolness of RubyGems (and @gembundler)
  understands how cool CocoaPods might be.” –– [StuFF
  mc](http://twitter.com/#!/stuffmc/status/115374231591731200)
- “I will be working on getting several of my Objective-C libraries ready for
  CocoaPods this week!” –– [Luke
  Redpath](http://twitter.com/#!/lukeredpath/status/115510581921988608)
- “Really digg how @alloy is building a potential game changer” –– [Klaas
  Speller](https://twitter.com/#!/spllr/status/115914209438601216)
- “@alloy's making an Objective-C package manager. This is fantastic news
  kids!” –– [Josh
  Abernathy](http://twitter.com/#!/joshaber/status/115273577703555073)
- “A package manager for Cocoa/Objective-C, built with @MacRuby. Awesomeness!”
  –– [Johannes
  Fahrenkrug](http://twitter.com/#!/jfahrenkrug/status/115303240286998528)
- “This is awesome, I love endorsements!” –– [Appie
  Durán](http://twitter.com/#!/AppieDuran)

