# brentsimmons/DB5

Repository: https://github.com/brentsimmons/DB5
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/db5
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-07-14T21:41:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4817, "days_push": 2972, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1186, forks 87 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.091715+00:00)

## What it is
DB5 is a small Objective-C library by Q Branch that lets iOS apps load design values like colors, fonts, numbers, and booleans from a plist file. It was used to let designers iterate on the Vesper app's appearance without code changes.

## Use cases
- store app design values in a plist instead of code
- let designers tweak colors and fonts without engineering help
- load theme configuration at iOS app startup
- support multiple themes with inheritance from a default theme

## When to choose
- you maintain an older Objective-C iOS app and want plist-driven theming
- you want a tiny, convention-based configuration loader with no dependencies

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Swift or SwiftUI project
- you need actively maintained theming or configuration tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: configuration-management, theme
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: objective-c, plist, theming, app-configuration, vesper, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- brentsimmons/DB5 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.091715+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 2026-08-30T06:23:52.854010+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brentsimmons/DB5 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.091715+00:00, sha b32c163ca6d2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.