JakeWharton/butterknife
Bind Android views and callbacks to fields and methods. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 4929
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1096
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
25348 stars · 4542 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Butter Knife is a Java annotation-processing library for Android that binds views, listeners, and resources to fields and methods, eliminating findViewById boilerplate. It is now deprecated in favor of Android's official view binding.
Use cases
- bind android views to fields without findviewbyid
- reduce boilerplate in android activity code
- bind click listeners via annotations
- bind string and color resources to fields
- maintain legacy android app using butterknife
When to choose
- maintaining an existing Android codebase already using Butter Knife
- a legacy Java Android project that cannot adopt view binding
When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Jetpack view binding instead
- Kotlin projects - use Kotlin synthetic views or view binding
- you need ongoing support or new features
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
ui-components developer-tools mobile-development android-tools developer-tools jvm android view-binding annotation-processing deprecated boilerplate-reduction
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife · fetched 2026-08-28 · 50ba7e9b9a81
- homepage: http://jakewharton.github.io/butterknife/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c251ac841d30
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| JakeWharton/butterknife | main | 32 |
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