# domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect

Small library of visual debugging tools for iOS.

Repository: https://github.com/domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dcintrospect
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-04-07T22:03:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5579, "days_push": 2705, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2165, forks 261 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.294120+00:00)

## What it is
DCIntrospect is a small Objective-C library of visual debugging tools for iOS UIKit interfaces. It lets developers inspect, highlight, nudge, and log view properties at runtime via keyboard shortcuts, primarily in the iPhone simulator.

## Use cases
- debug uikit view layouts at runtime
- find non-opaque views hurting performance
- inspect view frames and distances to window edges
- log view properties and accessibility info for ui automation
- nudge and resize views live to tune layouts
- print view hierarchy to console

## When to choose
- debugging dynamically created or runtime-changing UIKit layouts
- tuning rendering performance by spotting non-opaque or redundant redraws
- preparing accessibility properties for UI automation scripts

## When to avoid
- production builds (it requires DEBUG and targets the simulator)
- SwiftUI projects
- actively maintained modern iOS codebases given the project's age

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, gui, logging
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, testing
- platform: -
- tags: uikit, visual-debugging, objective-c, ios-simulator, ui-debugging, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.294120+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 2026-08-30T02:49:59.496610+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.294120+00:00, sha 93224ab6ae6f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.