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# CocoaPods Reviews
**Vendor:** CocoaPods  
**Category:** [Other Development Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-development)  
**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 21
## About CocoaPods
CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects.




## CocoaPods Reviews
  ### 1. I prefer not to use it unless there is no option else

**Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2020

**What do you like best about CocoaPods?**

Actually, the only thing for me is that we have a lot of libraries open-source that added to Cocoapods.

**What do you dislike about CocoaPods?**

- My git changes will be +1000 files
- I am forced to work with workspace not just staying with xcodeproj
- I can't know if a pod is working or not till I download it and build the project, why not having like CI to build the pod on the server and tell us if there is a problem with the pod or not.
- It's unsafe, sometimes the user removes the pod and I keep gussing what is the problem, why I can't install this pod anymore.

**Recommendations to others considering CocoaPods:**

GO TO SPM

**What problems is CocoaPods solving and how is that benefiting you?**

- Split the pods needed between targets is very important
- easy to update every pod


## CocoaPods Discussions
  - [What is CocoaPods used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cocoapods-used-for)

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