# Installing the xcode-kotlin Plugin with a Kotlin Native CLI

DevFeed: [Installing the xcode-kotlin Plugin with a Kotlin Native CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/xcode-kotlin-cli-tadeas-kriz-38351.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/xcode-kotlin-cli>)

Published: 2022-05-18T18:34:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Xcode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xcode.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [FIRST Robotics Competition](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/first-robotics-competition.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [developer-tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tooling.md>), [featured](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/featured.md>), [homebrew](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homebrew.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [kotlin-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-native.md>), [xcode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xcode.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains replacing the xcode-kotlin plugin's installation script with a Kotlin Native CLI tool. The tool configures the plugin across installed Xcode versions, supports Homebrew installation, removes certain Load Bundle prompts, and provides diagnostic commands.

## Source excerpt

The xcode-kotlin plugin allows debugging of Kotlin code running in an iOS application directly from Xcode.