# dzenbot/DZNWebViewController

A simple web browser for iPhone & iPad with similar features than Safari's

Repository: https://github.com/dzenbot/DZNWebViewController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dznwebviewcontroller
Homepage: https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/dznwebviewcontroller
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-06-18T09:17:57+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": 5213, "days_push": 2267, "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 1052, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.461643+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C view controller providing a Safari-like in-app web browser for iPhone and iPad, built on WebKit with navigation controls, gestures, and contextual actions. It is designed to be subclassed and extended for embedding web browsing inside iOS apps.

## Use cases
- embed a web browser inside an ios app
- open external links in an in-app browser view
- add safari-like navigation gestures to a web view
- display local html files within an app
- customize a web browser view controller with share and open-in actions

## When to choose
- you need a drop-in in-app browser for an objective-c or legacy ios project
- you want safari-like features such as bar hiding and swipe gestures without building them yourself
- you plan to subclass and customize a web view controller

## When to avoid
- you are building a modern swift or swiftui app with better-maintained alternatives like safariservices sfview
- you need to support ios versions beyond ios8-era sdks
- you require actively maintained software with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, web-framework
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: in-app-browser, webkit, uiviewcontroller, cocoapods, safari-like, objective-c, iphone, ipad, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- dzenbot/DZNWebViewController (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.461643+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 2026-08-30T06:59:42.929562+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dzenbot/DZNWebViewController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.461643+00:00, sha dbd2e8b3dcc9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.