# jessesquires/JSQMessagesViewController

An elegant messages UI library for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/jessesquires/JSQMessagesViewController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jsqmessagesviewcontroller
Homepage: https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/officially-deprecating-jsqmessagesviewcontroller/
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: messaging, message, messenger, ios, viewcontroller, jsqmessagesviewcontroller, ios-ui
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-12-12T10:45:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4945, "days_push": 2821, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11076, forks 2753 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.034779+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C iOS library providing an elegant, iMessage-style chat messages UI as a drop-in view controller. It is officially deprecated and no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- add a chat message interface to an iOS app
- build an iMessage-style conversation screen in UIKit
- display message bubbles with avatars in Objective-C
- implement a messenger UI view controller for iOS

## When to avoid
- starting a new iOS project
- you need Swift or actively maintained chat UI
- you need iOS 13+ or modern UIKit features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, chat-interface
- domain: mobile-development, messaging-platforms, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, deprecated, chat-ui, uikit, cocoapods, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- jessesquires/JSQMessagesViewController (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.034779+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 2026-08-29T17:16:49.176539+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jessesquires/JSQMessagesViewController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.034779+00:00, sha 3ae72e5f8925)
  - homepage: https://www.jessesquires.com/blog/officially-deprecating-jsqmessagesviewcontroller/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:33.305445+00:00, sha 39c947e857f9)
  - site_page: https://www.jessesquires.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:33.308419+00:00, sha 535faae6d987)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.