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What is Alex?
Alex is an AI-powered coding assistant designed specifically for Xcode, the integrated development environment (IDE) for iOS and macOS app development. It streamlines the development workflow by automating repetitive tasks, fixing bugs, and providing intelligent code suggestions. With Alex, developers can automatically build projects, fix Swift errors, add Swift packages, run apps in the Simulator, and more. The tool leverages AI to boost productivity, enabling developers to ship apps faster.
Key features include AI-powered debugging that automatically fixes Swift errors and Xcode issues with a single click. Its autocomplete functionality accelerates coding by predicting and completing code snippets as you type. Alex also allows you to replace lines of code with simple commands, chat with selected code for context-aware assistance, and navigate Xcode to add Swift Package Manager (SPM) packages. For privacy-conscious users, Alex can run local models from Ollama and LM Studio, ensuring code never leaves your machine. Additionally, you can drag images into Alex to generate Swift or UIKit code instantly, search your entire Xcode project semantically, and even have Alex search Google for coding answers or run Terminal commands.
Alex is trusted by over 25,000 developers and has been used to build popular apps like an AI note-taker and a voice dictation app. It prioritizes privacy: your code is embedded by VoyageAI and stored locally; Alex does not store or train on your code. If you use hosted inference, Alex opts out of data retention from providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, Fireworks AI, Cerebras, and Gemini. All sensitive data—chat history, transcripts, memories, and custom prompts—remains on your computer.
Alex offers flexible pricing plans to suit individual developers and teams, making it an essential tool for modern iOS development. Whether you're a solo developer or part of a large team, Alex enhances your Xcode experience with AI-driven efficiency and robust privacy protections.
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Key Features
AI powered debugging autocomplete code snippets replace code with commands chat with selected code add SPM packages run local AI models drag to generate code semantic project searchWho is it for?
iOS developers, macOS developers, Swift engineers, Xcode users, mobile app developers, indie developers, enterprise app teams
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