The Cloudsmith platform has launched support for CocoaPods, a dependency manager for Swift or ObjectiveC packages used in Cocoa projects. This move aims to make Cloudsmith a universal package management solution that can handle various formats, reducing the complexity and risk associated with managing multiple package managers. By supporting CocoaPods, development teams can enjoy cloud-native, secure, and universal package management, allowing them to easily manage their Pods, share private repositories, and distribute commercial software, while also capturing exact dependency versions and controlling access to specific pods.