# imfuxiao/Hamster

librime for iOS App

Repository: https://github.com/imfuxiao/Hamster
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imfuxiao-hamster
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-05-13T08:04:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 31/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 21, release rhythm 8, longevity 94
- inputs: {"age_days": 1329, "days_push": 477, "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 1624, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.830648+00:00)

## What it is
Hamster (仓输入法) is an iOS third-party keyboard app that embeds the Rime Input Method Engine (librime) for highly customizable Chinese text input. It ships prebuilt librime frameworks and built-in schemas, and is available on the App Store.

## Use cases
- type Chinese with Rime on iPhone
- use custom Rime schemas on iOS
- install a customizable pinyin input method
- bring my librime config to iOS
- replace the default iOS keyboard with Rime

## When to choose
- you want the Rime engine's schema-based customization on an iPhone or iPad
- you need a Chinese input method with full user-dictionary and schema control on iOS

## When to avoid
- you need an input method for Android, Windows, macOS, or Linux (use Trime, Weasel, or Squirrel instead)
- you need guaranteed ongoing open-source development - the author has stated future code may not be open-sourced due to commercialization

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: nlp, sdk, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: input-method, rime, chinese-input, keyboard-extension, librime, natural-language-processing, localization, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- imfuxiao/Hamster (main) score 31

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.830648+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 2026-08-30T03:48:46.809017+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/imfuxiao/Hamster (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.830648+00:00, sha 6c67fe1330d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.