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Swift versions

Last updated August 24, 2026. To use the Xcode download links, log into developer.apple.com first (Apple Developer membership required). Some Xcode versions are not available for download. ⭐ denotes major releases.

Open source versions

Released Version Part of Xcode versions
2026 June 25 Swift 6.3.3 26.6
May 13 Swift 6.3.2 26.5
March 24 Swift 6.3 26.4, 26.4.1
February 26 Swift 6.2.4 26.3
2025 December 12 Swift 6.2.3 26.2
November 3 Swift 6.2.1 26.1, 26.1.1
September 15 Swift 6.2 26.0, 26.0.1
New: Approachable concurrency (main actor by default), InlineArray and Span, WebAssembly support.
May 27 Swift 6.1.2 16.4
March 31 Swift 6.1 16.3
2024 December 11 Swift 6.0.3 16.2
October 28 Swift 6.0.2 16.1
September 16 Swift 6.0 16.0
New: Swift 6 language mode with compile-time data-race safety, typed throws, Embedded Swift.
March 5 Swift 5.10 15.3, 15.4
2023 December 11 Swift 5.9.2 15.1, 15.2
September 18 Swift 5.9 15.0, 15.0.1
New: Macros, if and switch expressions, C++ interoperability.
June 1 Swift 5.8.1 14.3.1
March 30 Swift 5.8 14.3
2022 December 13 Swift 5.7.2 14.2
November 1 Swift 5.7.1 14.1
September 12 Swift 5.7 14.0, 14.0.1
New: Regex.
May 16 Swift 5.6.1 13.4, 13.4.1
March 14 Swift 5.6 13.3
2021 December 13 Swift 5.5.2 13.2, 13.2.1
October 25 Swift 5.5.1 13.1
September 20 Swift 5.5 13.0
New: Structured concurrency, async/await, actors.
June 21 Swift 5.4.2 12.5.1
April 26 Swift 5.4 12.5
2020 September 16 Swift 5.3 12.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
March 24 Swift 5.2 11.4, 11.4.1, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7
2019 September 20 Swift 5.1 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.2.1, 11.3, 11.3.1
March 25 Swift 5.0 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.3
New: ABI stability, Result type.
2018 September 17 Swift 4.2 10.0, 10.1
March 29 Swift 4.1 9.3
2017 December 5 Swift 4.0.3 9.2
November 1 Swift 4.0.2 9.1
September 19 Swift 4.0 ⭐ 9.0, 9.0.1
New: Codable.
April 21 Swift 3.1.1 8.3.2, 8.3.3
March 27 Swift 3.1 8.3, 8.3.1
2016 December 13 Swift 3.0.2 8.2, 8.2.1
October 28 Swift 3.0.1 8.1
September 13 Swift 3.0 ⭐ 8.0
New: Swift Package Manager, "The Grand Renaming"
Swift 2.3 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1
May 3 Swift 2.2.1 7.3.1
March 21 Swift 2.2 7.3

Closed source versions

Released Version Part of Xcode versions
2015 October 21 Swift 2.1 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.2, 7.2.1
September 17 Swift 2.0 ⭐ 7.0, 7.0.1
New: Errors, guard
April 8 Swift 1.2 6.3, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.4
2014 December 2 Swift 1.1 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.2
September 15 Swift 1.0 ⭐ 6.0, 6.0.1

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