Apple has announced that it is open sourcing Swift Build, aiming to create a unified build execution engine across platforms. This move is seen as a step towards promoting Swift's adoption outside of the Apple ecosystem, although there are concerns that Apple’s traditional approach may hinder the language's growth. Users have noted issues with error messaging in Swift compared to competitors like Go, and express a desire for Apple to further embrace open sourcing all related tools, including Xcode, to foster collaboration and innovation in the Swift community. Responsible critics argue that unless substantial changes and improvements are made to support third-party developers and a broader ecosystem, Swift may struggle to gain widespread traction as a general-purpose programming language.