Base Linux image with Swift programming language | Feature Requests

Base Linux image with Swift programming language

Jacob Adams

Swift can be executed on Linux, so having a convenience image like

cimg/swift

would be a huge benefit and allow my team to use less costly runners for lightweight Swift package executables.

May 16, 2025

French Randall

Swift support on Linux via a CircleCI convenience image would be a game-changer. My team’s even been tinkering with a command-line snake game in Swift — runs great on macOS, but testing on Linux is more effort than it should be. A prebuilt image could really streamline things.