Noctule 3.0 released • Noctule

Noctule 3.0 released

August 4, 2026<br>Releases<br>Noctule 3.0 adds support for Objective-C and improves the existing support for Swift.<br>Refer to the detailed changelog for the full list; a summary of the changes is below.<br>Objective-C Support#<br>Noctule now supports the Objective-C language.<br>Few new projects start in Objective-C, but most established Apple codebases still contain plenty of it.<br>Besides, it was fun to work on new language support 🙂.<br>Thanks to Apple&rsquo;s SourceKit-LSP under the hood, features like code completion, navigation and find usages work in Objective-C right away.<br>Objective-C support requires a license — the free 7-day trial lets you try it first.<br>Available Features#<br>Parsing and syntax highlightingMost Objective-C (and also C) source code should be parsed without errors. Complex preprocessor usage can still result in incorrectly shown syntax errors in an editor, though.Because other plugins like JetBrains&rsquo; C/C++ support also support *.h files Noctule displays a notification to help you reassign when needed. Unfortunately, the platform lacks better support for such setups.By default, Noctule assigns *.m and *.h to its Objective-C file type. You can assign *.c files, too, if you&rsquo;d like to edit C source code with SourceKit-LSP.Code formattingCode formatting is available for Objective-C as a native, built-in formatter. It already provides many formatting settings, similar to what AppCode and CLion support. External code formatters like clang-format are not yet supported. Let us know if you want it.Code foldingMost types of code blocks can be folded to help working with large files.SpellcheckingNoctule supports spellchecking in comments and string literals of Objective-C and integrates with the JetBrains spellchecking plugin.Language injectionLanguage injection including &ldquo;Edit fragment&mldr;&rdquo; support is available for "literals" and @"literals".Text escape handlingPasting text from the clipboard into an Objective-C string literal automatically escapes the pasted content to keep the literal valid code. The same escape handling is also used for language injection.Copyright supportCopyright headers in Objective-C files are supported with the JetBrains Copyright plugin.Join lines and split lineSplitting and joining string literals is supported. Pressing &ldquo;Enter&rdquo; in a literal turns it into two literals, and the &ldquo;Join lines&rdquo; action joins it back together.Live templatesFinally, live templates are supported. At this time SourceKit-LSP still provides similar completion items, but they will be filtered in one of the next updates.Swift Support Improvements#<br>Documentation comments/// documentation comments are better supported now.Copyright plugin supportThe Swift language is now supporting Copyright headers with the JetBrains plugin.Swift syntaxThe new module::selector syntax of Swift 6.3 is now supported.Noctule&rsquo;s Swift parser was updated with test coverage and fixes to support all available, implemented Swift Evolution proposals.Error recoveryBetter parser error recovery improves editing, formatting and highlighting of incomplete or erroneous files.