# steipete/AFDownloadRequestOperation

A progressive download operation for AFNetworking.

Repository: https://github.com/steipete/AFDownloadRequestOperation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/afdownloadrequestoperation
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-04-25T01:49:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5161, "days_push": 2322, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1054, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.979290+00:00)

## What it is
An AFNetworking subclass providing progressive, resumable file downloads for iOS, with temporary-file handling and accurate progress reporting. It is explicitly deprecated and no longer maintained in favor of NSURLSession.

## Use cases
- resume partial large file downloads on iOS
- download large PDFs progressively with progress callbacks
- download files to a temporary directory with AFNetworking
- show accurate download progress across resumed downloads

## When to avoid
- starting a new iOS project - use NSURLSession instead
- you need maintained or supported code
- your project uses modern networking stacks like URLSession or Alamofire

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, file-upload
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: afnetworking, progressive-download, resumable-downloads, deprecated, objective-c, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- steipete/AFDownloadRequestOperation (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.979290+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 2026-08-30T06:59:03.165470+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/steipete/AFDownloadRequestOperation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.979290+00:00, sha 8773dbc4f195)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.