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title: "SQLCipher & the Swift Package Manager"
source: "/teaches/sqlcipher-the-swift-package-december-2023-1423001bd6/"
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# SQLCipher & the Swift Package Manager

Chris Sessions

December 29, 2023

## About this video

If you're an iOS engineer working on a product that stores app data on the device, it's likely you've heard of or have used SQLite.

And if you need improved security via encryption, you've possibly heard of SQLCipher, an open source extension to SQLite. Unfortunately, SQLCipher doesn't yet provide Swift Package Manager support. Fear not though, in this video we'll show you how to set up SQLCipher in a Swift Package Manager setting.Hope you find this tutorial helpful in your future iOS work.

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Chris Sessions

Software Engineer

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