# nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader

Powerful and flexible library for loading, caching and displaying images on Android.

Repository: https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-universal-image-loader
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-15T11:03:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5393, "days_push": 748, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 16828, forks 6010 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.335079+00:00)

## What it is
Universal Image Loader is a Java library for Android that loads, caches (memory and disk), and displays images with extensive configuration options. It is the historical ancestor of modern Android image-loading libraries and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- load images from the web into ImageViews on Android
- cache bitmaps in memory and on disk
- show placeholder images while images download
- customize image decoding and downloading pipeline
- display images in lists and grids asynchronously

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already built on UIL
- needing fine-grained control over image loading and caching on old Android versions

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Glide, Coil, or Picasso instead
- needing actively maintained software or security updates
- targeting modern Android development with Kotlin-first tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, caching
- domain: android-tools, mobile-development, image-processing
- platform: jvm
- tags: image-loading, bitmap-caching, android-ui, legacy, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.335079+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 2026-08-29T17:03:49.300563+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.335079+00:00, sha 39203356b509)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.