# SoySauceLab/CollectionKit

Reimagining UICollectionView

Repository: https://github.com/SoySauceLab/CollectionKit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/collectionkit
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, swift, uicollectionview, uicollectionviewlayout, collectionkit
Last push: 2022-11-01T17:21:17+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": 3329, "days_push": 1401, "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 4511, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:52.598246+00:00)

## What it is
CollectionKit is a Swift framework that reimagines UICollectionView as a composable, data-driven collection view built on top of UIScrollView. It provides automatic data diffing, cell reuse, batched reloads, and composable sections with type-safe providers.

## Use cases
- build data-driven lists and grids in iOS apps
- replace UICollectionView with a simpler composable API
- automatically animate collection updates when data changes
- compose multiple sections with independent layouts
- build high-performance scrolling feeds with cell reuse

## When to choose
- you want declarative, type-safe collection views in Swift
- you need automatic diff-based UI updates with animations
- you want composable sections each with their own layout

## When to avoid
- you target SwiftUI-first development with modern tools
- you need a library under active development - releases stopped in 2022
- you only need simple static lists where UICollectionView suffices

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, state-management
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: uicollectionview, collection-view-layout, swift-generics, diffing, cell-reuse, cocoapods, carthage, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- SoySauceLab/CollectionKit (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.598246+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 2026-08-29T18:20:20.547352+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SoySauceLab/CollectionKit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.598246+00:00, sha 4acd6dc222d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.