Swift LanguageNov 6
📣 It's a landmark day for Swift, with three announcements that expand the ecosystem for developers everywhere. Here’s what’s new! 🧵
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1️⃣ Swift comes to FreeBSD

Swift is now available in preview for FreeBSD 14.3 and later. We want your feedback, bug reports, and contributions to make Swift great on FreeBSD! 🧑‍💻Read the announcement here: https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-on-freebsd-preview/83064 #freebsd

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2️⃣ Swift Student Challenge returns

Calling all student developers! Submissions open February 2026. Start preparing now with code-along sessions and new tutorials. 🧑‍🎓https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/developers-decode-their-journeys-from-app-ideas-to-app-store/

Developers decode their journeys from app ideas to App Store

Former Apple Swift Student Challenge winners Brayden Gogis, Adrit Rao, and Sofia Sandoval share their journeys from app ideas to App Store.

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3️⃣ AWS officially adopts Swift Lambda Runtime

Amazon is now officially hosting the Swift AWS Lambda Runtime. This is a game-changer for building fast, efficient, and scalable serverless applications with Swift: now backed by AWS. https://github.com/awslabs/swift-aws-lambda-runtime #AWS

GitHub - awslabs/swift-aws-lambda-runtime: Swift implementation of AWS Lambda Runtime

Swift implementation of AWS Lambda Runtime. Contribute to awslabs/swift-aws-lambda-runtime development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadMatthew FlintNov 7
@swiftlang
At first I misunderstood, and mistakenly thought they were adding Swift to the list of official runtimes.
Today’s announcement is big. But that would be _huge_!
Show threadrogelinNov 6
@swiftlang Let’s goooooo! 2026 will be the year of FreeBSD.
Show threadVladimir LeonidovichNov 6
@swiftlang a great combo!