CocoaPods

CocoaPods runs natively on Apple Silicon when properly installed — the key is ensuring you are using a native (arm64) version of Ruby and the native CocoaPods gem, not the Intel version under Rosetta. The cleanest approach recommended across recent guides is to install CocoaPods via Homebrew, which automatically selects the native build: open Terminal and run brew install cocoapods. If you have an older CocoaPods installation via sudo gem install, first uninstall it with sudo gem uninstall cocoapods, then switch to the Homebrew path. You can verify you are running natively by opening Terminal and typing ruby -v; if the output includes "arm64" you are using native Ruby. If it shows "x86_64" or "universal" without arm64, you are still on the Rosetta path — in that case, ensure Homebrew itself is installed for Apple Silicon (typically at /opt/homebrew) and reinstall via brew install cocoapods. Recent community reports and multiple 2024–2025 guides confirm CocoaPods works stably on Apple Silicon Macs when installed this way, so there is no need to await a future release.