# eggswift/ESTabBarController

:octocat: ESTabBarController is a Swift model for customize UI, badge and adding animation to tabbar items. Support lottie!

Repository: https://github.com/eggswift/ESTabBarController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/estabbarcontroller
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, objective-c, tabbar, tabbarcontroller, swift, animation
Last push: 2023-05-09T11:16:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3758, "days_push": 1212, "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 5225, forks 621 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:13.243856+00:00)

## What it is
ESTabBarController is a Swift library providing a highly customizable replacement for UITabBarController, supporting custom styling, badges, animations, and Lottie integration for tab bar items. It is API-compatible with UIKit's UITabBarController so existing code can migrate easily.

## Use cases
- customize ios tab bar styling
- add animations to tab bar items
- show badges on tab bar icons
- create larger center tab bar button
- use lottie animations in tab bar
- mix custom and system tab bar items

## When to choose
- you need tab bar customization beyond what UITabBarItem allows
- you want drop-in compatibility with existing UITabBarController code
- you want animated or Lottie-based tab bar items on iOS

## When to avoid
- you are building for platforms other than iOS
- you need SwiftUI-native tab views
- you want a library under very active development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: tabbar, uitabbarcontroller, cocoapods, swiftpm, lottie, badge, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- eggswift/ESTabBarController (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.243856+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 2026-08-29T17:59:41.503054+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eggswift/ESTabBarController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.243856+00:00, sha bc2d8f42cbbb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.