--- title: Unveiling Tuist 4 | daily.dev description: Tuist announces its 4th major version alongside the launch of a commercial server offering paid features like binary caching and selective testing, aimed at... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Unveiling Tuist 4 | daily.dev og:description: Tuist announces its 4th major version alongside the launch of a commercial server offering paid features like binary caching and selective testing, aimed at... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rkIQbRz8c.png og:image:alt: Unveiling Tuist 4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Unveiling Tuist 4 **[ Tuist ](https://daily.dev/sources/tuist-blog)** · 18 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tuist announces its 4th major version alongside the launch of a commercial server offering paid features like binary caching and selective testing, aimed at funding the project's long-term sustainability. Tuist 4 switches to Mise as the default installer, moves dependency management back to a standard Package.swift file (renaming tuist fetch to tuist install), adopts Swift DocC for documentation, revamps the ProjectDescription API with breaking changes, and introduces a new logo and monthly transparency reports. The post also highlights an expanded partnership with Codemagic offering a discounted CI/CD plan for Tuist users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What changed in Tuist 4 regarding how dependencies are managed compared to earlier Tuist versions? Tuist 4 moves dependency definitions back into a standard Package.swift file at the project root instead of the previous Dependencies.swift file, restoring compatibility with tools like Dependabot. The #if TUIST compiler directive lets teams add integration settings within the same manifest, and the tuist fetch command was renamed to tuist install to match industry convention. _Teams migrating dependency setups can track breaking changes like this via daily.dev before upgrading Tuist._ ### What is the default installer for Tuist starting with version 4? Mise becomes the default installer for Tuist as of version 4, replacing the previous tuistenv-based approach, with Homebrew kept as an alternative and GitHub release binaries as another option. Mise enables deterministic per-project version installation and activation, and can also manage other Swift ecosystem tools like Sourcery, SwiftLint, and SwiftFormat. _daily.dev helps developers stay on top of tooling swaps like this before they hit a CI pipeline._ ### How much can Tuist's binary caching reduce iOS CI build times? Tuist's binary caching can cut clean build times by up to 90% for projects with a highly modular architecture and weak inter-module dependencies. One reported case, an iOS team with 220 modules, saw CI build times drop from an average of 30-53 minutes down to 8-13 minutes after adopting Tuist's paid caching and selective testing features. _Developers weighing build-time tooling can follow real-world benchmarks like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The new Tuist, from build toolchains to bare metal](https://daily.dev/posts/the-new-tuist-from-build-toolchains-to-bare-metal-waw3c6jvd) · Tuist · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift), [#xcode](https://daily.dev/tags/xcode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Unveiling Tuist 4","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:22:17.191Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:46:09.935Z","description":"Tuist announces its 4th major version alongside the launch of a commercial server offering paid features like binary caching and selective testing, aimed at...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af7ce1a63e34e6de095141aa34e98ebb?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/af7ce1a63e34e6de095141aa34e98ebb?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"\n Tuist\n ","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"\n Tuist\n ","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--3AYDH23h--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487506/logos/tuist-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tuist-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,cicd,swift,xcode","timeRequired":"PT18M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\n Tuist\n ","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tuist-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Unveiling Tuist 4"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/unveiling-tuist-4-rkiqbrz8c#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What changed in Tuist 4 regarding how dependencies are managed compared to earlier Tuist versions?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Tuist 4 moves dependency definitions back into a standard Package.swift file at the project root instead of the previous Dependencies.swift file, restoring compatibility with tools like Dependabot. 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