<s>
CocoaPods	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
level	O
dependency	O
manager	O
for	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Swift	B-Application
and	O
any	O
other	O
languages	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Objective-C	B-Language
runtime	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RubyMotion	B-Application
,	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
standard	O
format	O
for	O
managing	O
external	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
CocoaPods	B-Application
is	O
strongly	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Language
projects	O
RubyGems	B-Application
and	O
Bundler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CocoaPods	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
source-based	O
distribution	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
code	O
and	O
automatic	O
integration	O
into	O
Xcode	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CocoaPods	B-Application
runs	O
from	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
and	O
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
in	O
JetBrains	O
 '	O
AppCode	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
libraries	B-Library
)	O
for	O
an	O
application	O
by	O
specification	O
of	O
dependencies	O
rather	O
than	O
by	O
manually	O
copying	O
source	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
installing	O
from	O
many	O
different	O
sources	O
,	O
a	O
“	O
master	O
”	O
spec	O
repository	O
—	O
containing	O
metadata	O
for	O
many	O
open-source	B-Application
libraries	B-Library
—	O
is	O
maintained	O
as	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
repository	I-Application
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CocoaPods	B-Application
dependency	O
resolution	O
system	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
Molinillo	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
other	O
large	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
Bundler	O
,	O
RubyGems	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Berkshelf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
Podfile	B-Application
example	O
installs	O
the	O
AFNetworking	O
and	O
CocoaLumberjack	O
libraries	B-Library
:	O
</s>
