About this tag
The swift package manager tag on WindowsForum.com covers how Swift's package tooling behaves on Windows, where SwiftPM remains the familiar entry point for building, testing, and running Swift projects. Recent discussion centers on Swift 6.4, which changes the default build path so that swift build, swift test, and swift run use Swift Build instead of SwiftPM's older native build engine. The change aligns Windows package builds with Linux and macOS, and the practical takeaway for Windows developers is that existing SwiftPM projects should still start with the usual commands even though the underlying engine has shifted.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Swift 6.4 Makes Swift Build Default for Windows Packages

    Swift 6.4 changes the default build path for Swift packages on Windows: running swift build, swift test, or swift run now uses Swift Build rather than Swift Package Manager’s older native build engine. Swift.org says the change makes package projects build through the same engine on Linux...