Analytics > Scout

Description

Scout is an iOS logging and analytics framework backed by CloudKit. It collects structured logs, metrics, and crash reports from your app and syncs them to a public CloudKit database where you can inspect them through a built-in SwiftUI dashboard.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Dashboard
• Example Project
• License

Features

📝	Structured Logging	Integrates with swift-log. All log levels, labels, and metadata are persisted and synced automatically.
📊	Metrics	Integrates with swift-metrics. Counters, timers, and floating-point counters are recorded alongside logs.
💥	Crash Reporting	Captures uncaught exceptions and signals (SIGABRT, SIGSEGV, etc.) with stack traces. Reports are flushed on the next launch.
☁️	CloudKit Sync	All data is stored locally with Core Data and synced to a public CloudKit database. No custom backend required.
📱	SwiftUI Dashboard	A built-in HomeView with charts, event lists, crash details, and activity tracking for debugging in development builds.

Installation

Add the dependency to your Package.swift:

.package(url: "https://github.com/kasianov-mikhail/scout.git", from: "3.0.0")

For CloudKit setup and schema upload, see the full Installation Guide.

Usage

Call setup once during app launch. This bootstraps logging, metrics, and crash reporting:

import CloudKit
import Scout

let container = CKContainer(identifier: "YOUR_CONTAINER_ID")

try await setup(container: container)

After setup, use the standard swift-log API to write logs:

import Logging

let logger = Logger(label: "MyApp")

logger.warning(
    "Search_Performed",
    metadata: [
        "description": .string(error.localizedDescription),
        "ip": .string(ip),
    ]
)

Metrics work the same way via swift-metrics:

import Metrics

Counter(label: "api_requests").increment()
Timer(label: "response_time").recordSeconds(duration)

Dashboard

Present HomeView to browse logs, metrics, crashes, and user activity:

HomeView(container: container)

Use this only in debug builds to avoid exposing log data in production.

Example Project

See the Scout IP repository for a complete example app using Scout with CloudKit.

License

Scout is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.