---
title: major
framework: packagedescription
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: packagedescription/version/major
---

# major

The major version according to the semantic versioning standard.

## Declaration

```swift
let major: Int
```

## See Also

### Inspecting a version

- [minor](packagedescription/version/minor.md)
- [patch](packagedescription/version/patch.md)
- [prereleaseIdentifiers](packagedescription/version/prereleaseidentifiers.md)
- [buildMetadataIdentifiers](packagedescription/version/buildmetadataidentifiers.md)