# nicklockwood/FXBlurView

[DEPRECATED]

Repository: https://github.com/nicklockwood/FXBlurView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fxblurview
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-11-18T06:36:38+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": 4756, "days_push": 2114, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4926, forks 700 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.558812+00:00)

## What it is
FXBlurView is a deprecated Objective-C UIView subclass that replicates the iOS 7 realtime background blur effect on iOS 5 and above, with static and dynamic rendering modes. It also extends UIImage with a method for applying blur to images.

## Use cases
- add a frosted glass blur overlay to an iOS view
- replicate the iOS 7 realtime background blur effect
- blur a UIImage programmatically in Objective-C
- create a dynamically updating blurred background behind content
- support blur effects on older iOS versions

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Objective-C iOS app already using it
- you need blur effects on very old iOS deployment targets

## When to avoid
- starting a new iOS project - the project is deprecated and unsupported
- you need Swift or modern iOS blur APIs like UIVisualEffectView
- you expect bug fixes or updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, image-processing, graphics
- domain: mobile-development, frontend, graphics
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, blur-effect, uiview, deprecated, ios-7-blur, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- nicklockwood/FXBlurView (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.558812+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 2026-08-29T18:17:59.793984+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nicklockwood/FXBlurView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.558812+00:00, sha 724a77184089)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.