And even on MacOS you are limited - you cannot avoid not using Xcode pretty much. So in practice you cannot just only use VSCode or Jetbrains IDEs. There is bee

And even on MacOS you are limited - you cannot avoid not using Xcode pretty much. So in practice you cannot just only use VSCode or Jetbrains IDEs. There is been a talk in WWDC 2024 that apple invest with Swift for embedding systems and some language servers but not sure how mature it is. Apple doesn't have crossplatform in their DNA.