# damian-kolakowski/iOS-Hierarchy-Viewer

iOS Hierarchy viewer - View and Coredata debugging made easy

Repository: https://github.com/damian-kolakowski/iOS-Hierarchy-Viewer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ios-hierarchy-viewer
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ios-hierarchy-viewer, coredata, hierarchy-viewer, uiview, ios
Last push: 2018-09-07T10:11:15+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": 5191, "days_push": 2917, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 1382, forks 146 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.369037+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C library for iOS that lets developers inspect UIView hierarchies and Core Data models in real time from a web browser. It provides a live screen preview, frame debugging, and property inspection without requiring additional commercial tools.

## Use cases
- debug uiview layout issues in an ios app
- inspect view hierarchy frames in real time
- browse core data managed objects from a browser
- introspect objective-c properties of selected views
- preview device or simulator screen while debugging

## When to choose
- you debug layout or Core Data problems in an older Objective-C iOS project
- you want a free browser-based alternative to Reveal or Spark Inspector
- you need a lightweight drop-in inspector with minimal setup

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool for modern Swift/UIKit or SwiftUI projects
- you require commercial-grade inspector features and support
- your project targets only recent iOS versions where the library may be untested

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, databases
- platform: browser
- tags: uiview-hierarchy, coredata-debugging, objective-c, browser-based-inspector, xcode, debugging, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- damian-kolakowski/iOS-Hierarchy-Viewer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.369037+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 2026-08-30T04:40:06.590627+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/damian-kolakowski/iOS-Hierarchy-Viewer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.369037+00:00, sha ae8fa536119e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.