We had just under 1000 nominations, covering projects big and small, and for people that are well known on the conference circuit to newer speakers who are just making their name. You can find the full list of nominations below, and we encourage you to explore more before casting your vote at the end of the page.

The lists are presented below in alphabetical order, but on the voting form they are presented in a random order. In some categories I have excluded one or more entries to avoid potential bias.

Questions? Comments? Email paul@hackingwithswift.com or tweet @twostraws.

Swift Community Awards 2020 Shortlist

Best Conference

Apart from WWDC, which conference was most interesting, insightful, or beneficial for your career?

• dotSwift (France)
• FrenchKit (France)
• iOS Conf SG (Singapore)
• NSSpain (Spain)
• try! Swift World
• UIKonf (Germany)
• The following conference has been excluded from the final vote: Hacking with Swift Live.

Best Design Tool

Getting your user interface right is never easy, but the right tools can make all the difference. Which design resource do you think deserves special praise?

• Adobe XD
• Affinity Designer
• DetailsPro
• Drama
• Figma
• Sketch

Best Third-Party Service

Wrestling with iTunes Connect, handling continuous integration, getting user feedback, and more – these tools help developers do more with less.

• Bitrise
• Firebase
• Instabug
• MacStadium
• RevenueCat
• Sentry

Best Developer Tool

Which one tool has done the most to make your app development life better?

• Charles Proxy
• Dash
• Fork
• Nova
• Reveal
• RocketSim
• Tower

Best Open-Source Project

There are lots of open-source Swift frameworks on GitHub, but which one stood out above the rest?

• AudioKit
• Moya
• NetNewsWire
• Nimble
• SnapKit
• SwiftFormat
• SwiftUIX
• XcodeGen

Most Inspiring Indie App

Which indie app do you think did the most to show off what native app development is capable of?

• Aviary
• Orbit
• Pastel
• Pocket Rocket
• Push Hero
• Widgetsmith
• The following app has been excluded from the final vote: Control Room.

Most Inspiring Presentation

Over the last year, which talk at a conference has done the most to inspire you in your work?

• Erica Sadun: Property Wrappers
• Federico Zanetello: Swift Scripts: Zero to Hero
• Ishmael Shabazz: Integrating SwiftUI & UIKit
• Josh Holtz: Implementing fastlane from nothing to App Store
• Kaya Thomas: Swift Techniques for Testing
• Tamar Nachmany: Community Engineering
• Tim Oliver: Integrating SwiftUI with UIKit and Back Again
• Vincent Pradeilles: Property Wrappers or How Swift decided to become Java
• The following talk has been excluded from the final vote: Who can say they have learned Swift? by Paul and Sophie Hudson.

Rising Star

Which new Swift resource (website, YouTube channel, podcast, etc) do you think has had the biggest impact on our community?

• Allen Whearry (iOS Dev Happy Hour)
• Charlie Chapman (Launched podcast)
• Federico Zanetello (Five Stars)
• Jonathan Rasmusson (The Swift Arcade)
• Natascha Fadeeva (tanaschita.com)
• Pavel Zak (SwiftUI Weekly Challenge)

All set to vote?

You may cast one vote per category. All voting is done using a Google Form, so a Google sign-in is required. This allows you to edit your vote before the closing date, but also stops you from casting more than one vote.

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