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Xcode Version Manager (xcvm)

Manage multiple installations of Xcode with a simple command line tool. All commands have completions for bash, fish, and zsh shells.

Installation

Homebrew

brew install craigsiemens/tap/xcode-version-manager

Manually

Clone the repo then build the binary.

make build

The binary will be available at .build/release/xcvm.

Shell completions can be generated as well.

make completions

They will be available in .build/completions for you to copy to the specific location required by your shell.

Usage

Download

Pass a specific version or latest to download Xcode. It will open the download url in your browser to use your existing Apple ID authentication.

xcvm download latest
# or
xcvm download 15.4

Install

Pass the path to the downloaded xip file or in the progress download file for your browser (*.download or *.crdownload). The Xcode app will be renamed based on the version to allow multiple versions to be installed at the same time.

xcvm install ~/Downloads/Xcode-15.xip
# or
xcvm install ~/Downloads/Xcode-15.xip.download

Use

Pass the version number of Xcode to use for the command line developer tools.

xcvm use 15.4

Since this command calls xcode-select, which requires super user permissions, you may need to call it with sudo or by passing the --sudo-askpass flag. See xcvm use --help for more details.

Uninstall

Pass a version number to uninstall a version of Xcode.

xcvm uninstall 15.0

This is faster than moving Xcode the Trash since it doesn't spend time counting the files to show a progress bar when emptying the Trash.

xcvm help

OVERVIEW: Manage multiple installed versions of Xcode.

USAGE: xcvm <subcommand>

OPTIONS:
  --version               Show the version.
  -h, --help              Show help information.

SUBCOMMANDS:
  list (default)          Lists the installed versions of Xcode.
  download                Open the browser to download a version of Xcode.
  install                 Installs a version of Xcode from a downloaded xip
                          file.
  uninstall               Uninstalls a version of Xcode.
  use                     Changes the version of Xcode being used.

  See 'xcvm help <subcommand>' for detailed help.