feat: add experimental SPM support

.github/workflows/build-templates.yml

@@ -280,3 +280,106 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf lib/*
 
           yarn example build:web
+
+  build-spm:
+    env:
+      XCODE_VERSION: 26
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        type:
+          - name: turbo-module
+            language: kotlin-objc
+          - name: turbo-module
+            language: cpp
+          - name: fabric-view
+            language: kotlin-objc
+
+    concurrency:
+      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-spm-${{ matrix.type.name }}-${{ matrix.type.language }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+
+      - name: Setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          yarn workspace create-react-native-library prepare
+
+      - name: Get working directory
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "work_dir=spm-${{ matrix.type.name }}-${{ matrix.type.language }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create library
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          rm -rf ${{ env.work_dir }}
+
+          ./packages/create-react-native-library/bin/create-react-native-library ${{ env.work_dir }} \
+            --slug @bob/react-native-test \
+            --description test \
+            --author-name test \
+            --author-email test@test \
+            --author-url https://test.test \
+            --repo-url https://test.test \
+            --type ${{ matrix.type.name }} \
+            --languages ${{ matrix.type.language }} \
+            --example vanilla \
+            --tools eslint \
+            --experimental-spm
+
+      - name: Install dependencies of library
+        working-directory: ${{ env.work_dir }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          touch yarn.lock # Without this Yarn will fail due to the parent directory being a Yarn workspace
+          yarn install --no-immutable
+
+      - name: Use local version of react-native-builder-bob
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cd packages/react-native-builder-bob
+          npm pack
+          tgz=$(ls react-native-builder-bob-*.tgz)
+          cd -
+          cd ${{ env.work_dir }}
+
+          export YARN_CHECKSUM_BEHAVIOR=ignore
+
+          yarn add --dev ../packages/react-native-builder-bob/$tgz
+          yarn --cwd example add --dev ../../packages/react-native-builder-bob/$tgz
+
+      - name: Generate codegen native code
+        if: matrix.type.language == 'cpp'
+        working-directory: ${{ env.work_dir }}
+        run: yarn bob build --target codegen
+
+      - name: Use appropriate Xcode version
+        uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@60606e260d2fc5762a71e64e74b2174e8ea3c8bd # v1.6.0
+        with:
+          xcode-version: ${{ env.XCODE_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Set up SPM
+        working-directory: ${{ env.work_dir }}/example
+        run: |
+          npx react-native spm --deintegrate --yes
+
+      - name: Build example (iOS, Debug)
+        working-directory: ${{ env.work_dir }}
+        run: |
+          yarn example build:ios
+
+      - name: Build example (iOS, Release)
+        working-directory: ${{ env.work_dir }}/example/ios
+        run: |
+          # The CLI builds Release for a device, which requires code signing
+          project=$(ls -d *.xcodeproj)
+          xcodebuild -project "$project" -scheme "${project%.xcodeproj}" -configuration Release -sdk iphonesimulator -destination "generic/platform=iOS Simulator" build

.gitignore

@@ -90,3 +90,6 @@ lib/
 typescript/
 doc_build/
 *.tsbuildinfo
+
+# Swift Package Manager
+.build/

docs/pages/create.md

@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ To create new project, run the following:
 npx create-react-native-library@latest awesome-library
 ```
 
+To also generate a `Package.swift` for React Native experimental [Swift Package Manager support](https://reactnative.dev/blog/2026/08/11/react-native-0.87#experimental-swift-package-manager-support-for-ios), pass `--experimental-spm`:
+
+```sh
+npx create-react-native-library@latest awesome-library --experimental-spm
+```
+
+The podspec is still generated, so CocoaPods keeps working. The example app is set up for SPM instead of CocoaPods: run `npx react-native spm --deintegrate` in `example` once to set it up, and `npx react-native spm` after a fresh install.
+
+### Limitations
+
+- Requires React Native 0.87 or newer
+- Nitro libraries aren't supported, since SwiftPM can't compile Swift and C++ sources in the same target.
+- Expo and react-native-test-app examples can't use SPM yet.
+
 This will ask you a few questions about your project and generate a new project in a folder named `awesome-library`.
 
 ![Demo](../assets/create-react-native-library.svg)

packages/create-react-native-library/src/inform.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,17 @@ export function printNonLocalLibNextSteps(config: TemplateConfiguration) {
         `${kleur.bold('Get started')} with the project`
       )}${kleur.gray(':')}
 
-        ${kleur.gray('$')} yarn
+        ${kleur.gray('$')} yarn${
+          config.experimentalSpm && config.example === 'vanilla'
+            ? `
+
+      ${kleur.magenta(
+        `Set up ${kleur.bold('Swift Package Manager')} for the example app (React Native 0.87+)`
+      )}${kleur.gray(':')}
+
+        ${kleur.gray('$')} cd example && npx react-native spm --deintegrate`
+            : ''
+        }
       ${Object.entries(platforms)
         .map(
           ([script, { name, color }]) => `

packages/create-react-native-library/src/prompt.ts

@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ const isInPackage = (): boolean => {
 };
 
 export const prompt = create(['[name]'], {
+  experimentalSpm: {
+    type: 'confirm',
+    description: 'Whether to generate an experimental Swift package manifest',
+    message: 'Generate a Swift Package Manager manifest?',
+    default: false,
+    skip: () => !process.argv.includes('--experimental-spm'),
+  },
   local: {
     type: 'confirm',
     description: 'Whether to create a local library',

packages/create-react-native-library/src/template.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export type ViewConfig = 'fabric-view' | 'nitro-view' | null;
 // Please think at least 5 times before introducing a new config key
 // You can just reuse the existing ones most of the time
 export type TemplateConfiguration = {
+  experimentalSpm: boolean;
   versions: TemplateVersions;
   project: {
     slug: string;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ const CPP_FILES = path.resolve(
   import.meta.dirname,
   '../../templates/cpp-library'
 );
+const SPM_FILES = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../templates/spm');
 
 const NATIVE_FILES = {
   module_new: path.resolve(
@@ -191,6 +193,11 @@ export function generateTemplateConfiguration({
     .toLowerCase()}`;
 
   return {
+    experimentalSpm:
+      answers.experimentalSpm === true &&
+      languages !== 'js' &&
+      getModuleConfig(type) !== 'nitro-modules' &&
+      getViewConfig(type) !== 'nitro-view',
     versions,
     project: {
       slug,
@@ -261,6 +268,14 @@ export async function applyTemplates(
 ) {
   const { local } = answers;
 
+  if (config.experimentalSpm) {
+    await applyTemplate(config, SPM_FILES, folder);
+  } else if (answers.experimentalSpm === true && config.project.native) {
+    console.warn(
+      "Swift Package Manager manifest was not generated: Nitro libraries mix Swift and C++ sources, which Swift Package Manager can't compile in a single target."
+    );
+  }
+
   if (local) {
     await applyTemplate(config, COMMON_LOCAL_FILES, folder);
   } else {

packages/create-react-native-library/src/utils/createMetadata.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export function createMetadata(answers: Partial<Answers>) {
     'example',
     'reactNativeVersion',
     'local',
+    'experimentalSpm',
   ];
 
   const libraryMetadata = Object.fromEntries(

packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/$.gitignore

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ DerivedData
 *.xcuserstate
 project.xcworkspace
 **/.xcode.env.local
+<% if (experimentalSpm) { -%>
+
+# Swift Package Manager
+#
+.build/
+.swiftpm/
+<% } -%>
 
 # Android/IJ
 #

packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/$package.json

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     "nitro.json",
 <% } -%>
     "*.podspec",
+<% if (experimentalSpm) { -%>
+    "Package.swift",
+<% } -%>
     "react-native.config.js",
     "!ios/build",
     "!android/build",

packages/create-react-native-library/templates/example-native-common/example/react-native.config.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = {
 <% } else if (example === 'vanilla') { -%>
   project: {
     ios: {
-      automaticPodsInstallation: true,
+      automaticPodsInstallation: <%- experimentalSpm ? 'false' : 'true' %>,
     },
   },
 <% } -%>

packages/create-react-native-library/templates/spm/Package.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// swift-tools-version: 6.0
+<%
+// Must match the name React Native's SPM autolinker derives from the package name
+const spmName = project.slug
+  .replace(/^@[^/]+\//, '')
+  .split(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/)
+  .filter(Boolean)
+  .map((part) => part.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + part.slice(1))
+  .join('');
+-%>
+import PackageDescription
+
+let package = Package(
+    name: "<%- spmName -%>",
+    platforms: [.iOS(.v15)],
+    products: [
+        .library(name: "<%- spmName -%>", targets: ["<%- spmName -%>"]),
+    ],
+    dependencies: [
+        .package(name: "ReactNative", path: "../../../../xcframeworks"),
+        .package(name: "React-GeneratedCode", path: "../../../ios"),
+    ],
+    targets: [
+        .target(
+            name: "<%- spmName -%>",
+            dependencies: [
+                .product(name: "ReactHeaders", package: "ReactNative"),
+                .product(name: "ReactNativeHeaders", package: "ReactNative"),
+                .product(name: "ReactNativeDependenciesHeaders", package: "ReactNative"),
+                .product(name: "ReactAppHeaders", package: "React-GeneratedCode"),
+            ],
+            path: ".",
+            // SwiftPM scans the whole path for resources, even outside `sources`
+            // Without this, the example app in the library's repo fails with "multiple resources named ..."
+            exclude: ["example", "node_modules"],
+<% if (project.cpp) { -%>
+            sources: ["ios", "cpp"],
+<% } else { -%>
+            sources: ["ios"],
+<% } -%>
+            publicHeadersPath: "ios",
+            cxxSettings: [
+<% if (project.cpp) { -%>
+                .headerSearchPath("cpp"),
+                .headerSearchPath("ios/generated/ReactCodegen"),
+<% } -%>
+                .define("DEBUG", .when(configuration: .debug)),
+                .define("NDEBUG", .when(configuration: .release)),
+            ]
+        ),
+    ],
+    cxxLanguageStandard: .cxx20
+)