# CameraKit/blurkit-android

The missing Android blurring library. Fast blur-behind layout that parallels iOS.

Repository: https://github.com/CameraKit/blurkit-android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blurkit-android
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android-library, android, java, blurring-libraries, blurkit-android
Last push: 2021-04-03T23:18:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3587, "days_push": 1978, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3760, forks 314 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.913490+00:00)

## What it is
BlurKit is an Android library for rendering fast, real-time blur effects behind layouts, similar to iOS blur views. It provides a BlurLayout view component with configurable blur radius, downscale factor, and frame rate for performant live blurring.

## Use cases
- add iOS-style blur-behind effect to Android layouts
- blur content behind a dialog or overlay in real time
- create frosted glass UI effects on Android
- optimize blur performance in an Android app
- blur a static background with minimal frame cost

## When to choose
- you need performant real-time blur effects in an Android app
- you want a simple drop-in view (BlurLayout) for blur-behind layouts
- you want an iOS-parallax-style blur on Android

## When to avoid
- you are building for platforms other than Android
- you need actively maintained dependencies or recent Android API support
- you need blur effects outside of a view-based layout context

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, image-processing, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, graphics
- platform: jvm
- tags: blur-effects, android-ui, real-time-blur, blurview, android

## Member repositories
- CameraKit/blurkit-android (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.913490+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 2026-08-29T18:28:53.934389+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CameraKit/blurkit-android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.913490+00:00, sha 0d561496e949)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.