# aritraroy/Flashbar

⚡️A highly customizable, powerful and easy-to-use alerting library for Android.

Repository: https://github.com/aritraroy/Flashbar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flashbar
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-11-10T07:13:49+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": 3177, "days_push": 1757, "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 1735, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:29.052373+00:00)

## What it is
Flashbar is a highly customizable alerting library for Android, written entirely in Kotlin. It serves as a powerful alternative to Snackbar or Toast with extensive customization options like gravity, actions, icons, animations, and event listeners.

## Use cases
- show in-app alert messages on Android
- replace Snackbar or Toast with a customizable banner
- display action buttons inside alert bars
- show swipe-to-dismiss notifications in an Android app
- add animated alert bars with icons and progress

## When to choose
- you need highly customizable in-app alerts on Android
- you want a Kotlin-based Snackbar/Toast alternative with actions and animations

## When to avoid
- you need cross-platform alerts beyond Android
- you need an actively maintained library with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: alerts, snackbar, toast, kotlin, android-library, android

## Member repositories
- aritraroy/Flashbar (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.052373+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 2026-08-30T03:30:46.868489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aritraroy/Flashbar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.052373+00:00, sha 4ecf16a1b382)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.