Swift cross platform framework, Skip, is now free and open source with licensing removed

Skip, the cross platform development tool that targets iOS and Android from a single Swift and SwiftUI codebase, has recently announced that it is now free and fully open source. Starting with version 1.7, Skip removes all licensing requirements, including license keys, end user agreements, and any evaluation period. Existing users can upgrade without changing their setup, and new users can start building immediately.

Skip has also open sourced its core engine, skipstone, on GitHub under the skiptools organization. Skipstone handles build time functionality such as project creation and management, Xcode and Swift Package Manager plugin logic, iOS to Android project transformation, resource and localization bundling, JNI bridge creation, source transpilation, app packaging, and project export.

Skip says it now integrates with dozens of frameworks, interoperates with thousands of cross platform Swift packages, and includes its own SwiftUI implementation. The project began with a Swift to Kotlin transpiler and expanded into a Swift Android Workgroup plus an Android SDK for compiling Swift natively on Android. Skip is also migrating its documentation and site from skip.tools to the open source skip.dev, and it is encouraging ongoing support through GitHub Sponsors or corporate sponsorships.