# afollestad/aesthetic

[DEPRECATED]

Repository: https://github.com/afollestad/aesthetic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aesthetic
Homepage: https://af.codes
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, theme, engine, dynamic, rx, runtime, reactive, kotlin, theme-color, theme-properties, androidx
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-08-08T23:51:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3402, "days_push": 2582, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1971, forks 213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:00.915602+00:00)

## What it is
Aesthetic is a Kotlin library for Android that enables dynamic, runtime theming of apps with reactive theme updates via Rx. It lets activities apply and switch theme colors and properties on the fly. The project is deprecated and unmaintained.

## Use cases
- apply dynamic themes to an android app at runtime
- let users switch app theme colors without restarting
- reactively update ui colors across activities
- theme android views with custom color attributes
- implement dark and light mode switching in android

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy android app already using it
- you need runtime theming on an old androidx codebase and accept no updates

## When to avoid
- starting a new android project - it is deprecated
- you need maintained support for modern android versions
- you want jetpack compose theming

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: theme, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: jvm
- tags: dynamic-theming, runtime-theming, reactive, androidx, deprecated, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- afollestad/aesthetic (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.915602+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:05:04.135010+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/afollestad/aesthetic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.915602+00:00, sha 8f88a655e0b6)
  - homepage: https://af.codes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:25.441785+00:00, sha 4d8394e5e530)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.