# bumptech/glide

An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling

Repository: https://github.com/bumptech/glide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glide
Homepage: https://bumptech.github.io/glide/
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:39:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4804, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 54, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 35026, forks 6180 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.715841+00:00)

## What it is
Glide is a fast and efficient image loading and media management library for Android that wraps media decoding, memory and disk caching, and resource pooling behind a simple fluent API. It supports fetching, decoding, and displaying images, video stills, and animated GIFs, with a focus on smooth scrolling of image lists.

## Use cases
- load remote images into ImageViews in an Android app
- smoothly scroll a RecyclerView full of images without jank
- display animated GIFs and video stills on Android
- cache images in memory and on disk for offline or fast reloads
- resize and center-crop images with placeholders while loading
- plug Glide into OkHttp or Volley network stacks

## When to choose
- you are building an Android app that displays remote or local images
- you need performant image list scrolling with minimal jank
- you want built-in memory/disk caching and resource pooling
- you need GIF and video still support with a simple one-line API

## When to avoid
- you are building for iOS, web, or desktop rather than Android
- you need general-purpose image editing or manipulation rather than loading and display
- you prefer a Kotlin-first coroutine-based image loader like Coil

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, caching, http-client
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, media
- platform: jvm
- tags: image-loading, gif-support, smooth-scrolling, bitmap-pooling, media-decoding, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- bumptech/glide (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.715841+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 2026-08-29T16:27:14.501548+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bumptech/glide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.715841+00:00, sha 5ac909c138c9)
  - homepage: https://bumptech.github.io/glide/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:06.385928+00:00, sha 68ec43c1a68d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.