# JaviSoto/JSBadgeView

Customizable UIKit badge view like the one on applications in the iOS springboard.

Repository: https://github.com/JaviSoto/JSBadgeView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jsbadgeview
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-09-12T12:27:10+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": 5152, "days_push": 2181, "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 1281, forks 208 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.907650+00:00)

## What it is
JSBadgeView is a customizable UIKit badge view for iOS that replicates the springboard app icon badge. It is drawn entirely with CoreGraphics for performance and supports styling via UIAppearance.

## Use cases
- show a notification count badge on a view in an iOS app
- add a springboard-style red badge to a custom UI element
- display unread message counts on icons or buttons
- customize badge color, position, and text via UIAppearance
- render badges efficiently with CoreGraphics instead of images

## When to choose
- you need an iOS app icon-style badge on arbitrary views
- you want a lightweight, CoreGraphics-drawn badge with no image assets
- your project is Objective-C or mixes Objective-C and Swift and supports iOS 7+

## When to avoid
- you are building for platforms other than iOS
- your project is Swift-only and you prefer SwiftUI or modern Swift libraries
- you need actively maintained components with recent iOS API support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, graphics
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: uikit, objective-c, badge-view, cocoapods, coregraphics, uiappearance, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- JaviSoto/JSBadgeView (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.907650+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 2026-08-30T04:58:16.990111+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JaviSoto/JSBadgeView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.907650+00:00, sha 1c89b4a3e627)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.