I built a cross-platform iOS compiler that runs on Windows – no Mac required

Daryll Anderson — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:22:25 +0000

I'm a carpenter from San Diego. No CS degree. I taught myself to code and spent the last year building EdgeCompiler — a fully working, 100% offline cross-platform compilation ecosystem that runs on Windows and compiles real, signed iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux apps with zero Apple hardware or cloud dependencies.
The full toolchain is bundled — EdgeSwift 6.2.3, ld64 v956.6, ldid v2.1.5, iOS SDK stubs, kotlinc, the works. About 8.7GB total. You write Swift on a Windows PC, hit build, and get a signed IPA. No Mac. No Xcode. No cloud. WSL2 runs the Linux toolchain in the background — it's a Windows runtime feature, not a user dependency.
The Mach-O binary format contains no information about the build host or build tool. An IPA produced on Windows is byte-for-byte indistinguishable from one produced by Xcode on macOS. ARM64 instruction 0x8B000000 means ADD regardless of what OS generated it.
EdgeForge is a companion tool — a 7-layer predictive validation engine that maps the complete anatomy of a valid iOS application before a single byte compiles. Layer 1 is Swift language rules, layer 4 is Mach-O binary structure, layer 7 is IPA package integrity. It catches App Store rejection issues before the build runs.
Both tools run natively on iPadOS and Android tablets. Gaming, TV, and automobile platform support is in active development. EdgeStore handles device installation without the App Store.
The whole ecosystem is patent pending (EDGE-2026-003). It's been called "a far more powerful developer tool than anyone has ever made before."
I built all of this alone using AI as my primary collaborator and research partner. Happy to answer any technical questions about the toolchain, binary format, code signing, or anything else.

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I built a cross-platform iOS compiler that runs on Windows – no Mac required