As mentioned, Swift has official distributions for Windows, ubuntu et al., and VSCode is the default solution. Most of the effort is driven by the server workgroup.

Note Swift's interoperability story with C/C++ is also getting much better.

The key to success is to know what libraries are supported.

- subgroup: https://www.swift.org/server/

- getting started: https://www.swift.org/server/guides/

- wwdc 22 video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/110360/)

- forums: https://forums.swift.org/c/server/43)

I find Swift runs faster on a Linux guest of MacOS than on MacOS itself (but that could be my setup).