Native macOS developer utility

Build less blindly.
See what changed.

BuildLens watches Xcode build output and turns it into a clean, persistent diagnostic view: what broke, what is new, what was fixed, and where to go next.

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● XCODE WATCHER ACTIVE

Current build

1 ERROR 1 WARNING 2 FIXED SINCE LAST BUILD

ContentView.swift : 48 : 17

Cannot find ‘widgetTitle’ in scope.

NEW SINCE LAST BUILD · OPEN IN XCODE · COPY CLEAN ERROR

AudioEngine.swift : 112 : 9

Variable ‘level’ was never mutated; consider changing to ‘let’ constant.

PINNED WARNING · COPY FOR CHATGPT

The useful part of the build

Xcode tells you everything. BuildLens shows you what matters.

Build output is noisy, temporary, and easy to lose. BuildLens keeps a clean history and gives each diagnostic a stable place to live until you are done with it.

01 / COMPARE

New since last build.

See which diagnostics appeared in the current build instead of rereading the entire error stream.

02 / FIXED

See what disappeared.

A clean build means more when you can also see which errors and warnings were fixed since the previous build.

03 / NAVIGATE

Jump straight to the line.

Open a diagnostic directly in Xcode at its file and line instead of hunting through the project.

04 / CLEAN COPY

Copy only the useful error.

Strip away irrelevant build noise and put a clean diagnostic on the clipboard when you need to share or investigate it.

05 / CHATGPT

Copy for ChatGPT.

Package the important diagnostic context into a clean clipboard-ready block without dragging the entire build log along with it.

06 / FOCUS

Pin, ignore, filter.

Keep persistent warnings visible, hide known noise, and search diagnostics when a build becomes crowded.

Build history

Four recent builds stay in sight.

The newest build stays on the left of the history strip. Older builds remain available through history navigation, giving you enough context to understand what changed without turning BuildLens into a project-management system.

1. Build in Xcode.Keep working normally. BuildLens watches the build output.

2. BuildLens captures it.Errors and warnings become a persistent diagnostic session.

3. Compare.New and fixed diagnostics are separated from the things you already knew about.

4. Act.Open the file, copy the error, pin the warning, or move on.

Local by design

No account. No cloud dependency. No AI required.

BuildLens is a focused native Mac utility. It can help you prepare diagnostics for ChatGPT, but the application itself does not require an AI service, an account, or a subscription to do its job.

Build → BuildLens catches the result → you see only what matters.

Native macOS. Focused developer tooling. Notarized DMG coming soon from Tom Glander Digital.

Coming Soon

Build less blindly.See what changed.