# RedApparat/Fotoapparat

Making Camera for Android more friendly. 📸

Repository: https://github.com/RedApparat/Fotoapparat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fotoapparat
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, camera
Last push: 2023-10-26T03:07:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3450, "days_push": 1042, "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 3811, forks 417 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:20.668158+00:00)

## What it is
Fotoapparat is a Kotlin library that wraps Android's two camera APIs (Camera and Camera2) behind a single friendly, safe interface. It provides a drop-in CameraView, simple configuration of camera parameters, and easy photo capture with async results.

## Use cases
- take photos in an Android app without dealing with Camera2 complexity
- add a camera preview view to an Android layout
- support both old and new Android camera APIs with one codebase
- configure camera parameters like ISO, flash, and lens position
- save captured photos to a file or convert them to bitmaps
- handle device-specific camera quirks and workarounds

## When to choose
- you need camera functionality in an Android app and want a simple, safe API
- you want to support both legacy and modern camera APIs without writing two code paths
- you prefer Kotlin-first (but Java-friendly) camera tooling

## When to avoid
- you need advanced Camera2/CameraX features like RAW capture or multi-camera streams
- you are building for platforms other than Android
- you need a library with frequent updates - the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, photography
- platform: jvm
- tags: camera, camera2, camera-api, photo-capture, cameraview, kotlin-library, android

## Member repositories
- RedApparat/Fotoapparat (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.668158+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 2026-08-29T18:26:36.877006+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RedApparat/Fotoapparat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.668158+00:00, sha 3a03cfc13bb3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.