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Aug 24, 2026 48 min

Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool

from Empower Apps Hosted by Leo Dion, Principal CEO and Swift Developer at BrightDigit

Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself. Guest Saleem Abdulrasool compnerd (Saleem Abdulrasool) Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) - Fosstodon Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) / X Related Links Porting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting) - YouTube Swift/Win32 - A Windows application framework for Swift - GitHub Swift/COM+ - GitHub Swift/WinMD - Windows Metadata Parser in Swift - GitHub Swift/WinRT - Swift Projections for WinRT - GitHub DXSample - Sample Program for DirectX 12 + Swift - GitHub vigil - A caffeinate-inspired power management tool for Windows - GitHub swift-winrt - Swift Language Projection for WinRT - The Browser Company swift-winui - Swift Language Bindings for WinUI3 - The Browser Company Install Swift on Windows - Swift.org Related Episodes Who's Wendy with Joannis Orlandos Deconstructing Xcode with xTool with Kabir Oberai Full Stack Things with Werner Jainek and Vojtěch Rylko Swift on Android with Marc Prud'hommeaux Swift, Server Side, Serverless with Sébastien Stormacq Swift Server Workgroup with Joannis Orlandos Swift Package Index with Dave Verwer and Sven Schmidt Backend Decisions with Mikaela Caron Chapters (00:00) - Why Swift on Windows (08:40) - Command Line Tools, PowerShell & WSL (16:35) - Server-Side Swift & Building Desktop Apps (24:46) - The History of Windows UI Frameworks (33:15) - Getting Started with Swift on Windows (41:32) - Interop, SwiftUI & Future Plans Watch Click here to watch a video of this episode. Transcript Click here to view the episode transcript. Support the Show ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Thanks to our supporters: Thanks to our monthly supporters work design Steven Lipton Welcome new supporters: Social Media LinkedIn - @leogdion GitHub - @brightdigit GitHub - @leogdion Mastodon - @[email protected] YouTube - @brightdigit X - @leogdion X - @brightdigit Credits Music from https://filmmusic.io "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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  1. 0:00 Why Swift on Windows
  2. 8:40 Command Line Tools, PowerShell & WSL
  3. 16:35 Server-Side Swift & Building Desktop Apps
  4. 24:46 The History of Windows UI Frameworks
  5. 33:15 Getting Started with Swift on Windows
  6. 41:32 Interop, SwiftUI & Future Plans

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