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alibaba/BeeHive

:honeybee: BeeHive is a solution for iOS Application module programs, it absorbed the Spring Framework API service concept to avoid coupling between modules. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/alibaba/BeeHive · homepage · Objective-C · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3684
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2168
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4330 stars · 774 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

BeeHive is an iOS modularization framework from Alibaba, inspired by the Spring Framework's service concept, that decouples app modules via service registration/discovery and module lifecycle event handling. It supports static and dynamic module registration, asynchronous loading, and inter-module calls through declared service interfaces.

Use cases

  • decouple modules in a large iOS app
  • register and discover services between iOS modules
  • handle module lifecycle events in iOS
  • split an iOS application into independent modules
  • avoid direct coupling between iOS components
  • manage app-level module initialization order

When to choose

  • building a large modularized Objective-C iOS application
  • you want Spring-style service registration and discovery on iOS
  • you need centralized module lifecycle event distribution

When to avoid

  • starting a new project today - the repo was archived in October 2025 and is read-only
  • Swift-first or SwiftUI projects with modern architecture patterns
  • you need actively maintained dependencies or recent iOS API support

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

plugin-system middleware developer-tools mobile-development developer-tools modular-architecture service-registration decoupling spring-inspired cocoapods archived architecture ios mobile objective-c

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