I made an iOS app using vim and Lua (via wax - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;alibaba&#x2F;wax" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;alibaba&#x2F;wax</a>).  Obviously needed the xcode toolchain for compilation and libraries but always from the CLI &#x2F; scripts.