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@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ echo "Hello SwiftNIO" | nc localhost 9999
 
 If all goes well, you'll see the message echoed back to you.
 
+To generate an Xcode project to work on SwiftNIO in Xcode:
+
+```bash
+swift package generate-xcodeproj
+```
+
+This generates an Xcode project using SwiftPM. You can open the project with:
+
+```bash
+open swift-nio.xcodeproj
+```
+
 ### An alternative: using `docker-compose`
 
 Alternatively, you may want to develop or test with `docker-compose`.