Swift INI

A Swift library for parsing and encoding INI configuration files.

Installation

Add to your Package.swift:

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/nathanborror/swift-ini-generated.git", from: "1.0.0")
]

Usage

import INI

let config = """
app_name = My Application

[database]
host = localhost
port = 5432
"""

// Decode
let ini = try INI(string: config)
print(ini.global["app_name"])     // "My Application"
print(ini["database", "host"])    // "localhost"

// Encode
var ini = INI()
ini.global["app_name"] = "My Application"
ini["database", "host"] = "localhost"
let encoded = ini.encode()

Features

• Global and named sections
• Array sections (lists without key=value pairs)
• Section prefix matching (for git-style configs)
• Quoted values with escape sequences
• Configurable encoder/decoder options
• Thread-safe (Sendable)

Requirements

• Swift 6.2+
• iOS 18+ / macOS 15+

Learn More

See the tests for detailed usage examples covering all features.

License

MIT