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Alterplay/APAddressBook

Easy access to iOS address book observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Alterplay/APAddressBook · Objective-C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
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: 4619
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 3221
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1372 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

APAddressBook is an Objective-C wrapper around Apple's AddressBook.framework that simplifies reading contacts from the iOS address book. It supports asynchronous loading, field selection, filtering, sorting, and retrieving contact photos.

Use cases

  • load contacts from ios address book asynchronously
  • read only name and phone number fields from contacts
  • filter contacts that have an email address
  • sort address book contacts with sort descriptors
  • get contact thumbnail photos in an ios app

When to choose

  • you maintain a legacy Objective-C iOS app that still uses the deprecated AddressBook.framework
  • you need simple asynchronous contact loading with field selection and filtering on iOS 9 or earlier

When to avoid

  • you are starting a new iOS project - use the modern Contacts framework (CNContactStore) instead
  • you need support for iOS 10+ privacy requirements or ongoing maintenance - the library was last released in 2017

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

sdk file-system mobile-development address-book contacts objective-c cocoapods carthage ios mobile swift

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Alterplay/APAddressBookmain23

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