Apple Documentation (Offline)

Offline mirror of Apple's developer documentation as markdown files, for use with neuledge/context or any tool that consumes markdown docs.

Frameworks Included

Core: Swift, Foundation, Combine, Observation UI: SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit Data: SwiftData, CoreData Networking: Network, WebKit Media: AVFoundation, PhotoKit System: CoreLocation, MapKit, CoreBluetooth Services: CloudKit, StoreKit, UserNotifications, WidgetKit, ActivityKit, AppIntents ML/AI: CoreML, Vision, NaturalLanguage, CreateML, FoundationModels Graphics: Metal, SpriteKit, SceneKit, RealityKit Security: Security, CryptoKit Developer Tools: Xcode, Testing

Usage with context

context add ./documentation --name apple-docs

Updating the docs

cd scripts

# Re-scrape everything (skips existing files)
uv run main.py

# Force re-download
uv run main.py --force

# Specific frameworks at custom depth
uv run main.py --frameworks swiftui foundationmodels --depth 4

# Post-process: fix links + download images
uv run postprocess.py

Scraper options

Flag	Default	Description
--frameworks	all	Space-separated framework names
--output	../documentation	Output directory
--depth	2	Max crawl depth (0=framework only)
--concurrency	5	Concurrent requests
--delay	0.1	Delay between requests (seconds)
--force	off	Re-download existing files

Post-process options

Flag	Default	Description
--skip-images	off	Skip image downloads
--dry-run	off	Show stats without modifying
--concurrency	10	Image download concurrency

Source

All documentation is fetched from Apple's public markdown endpoint:

https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/documentation/{path}.md

License

Documentation content is Copyright Apple Inc. This repo is a tooling wrapper for personal/offline use.