# zhihu/Matisse

:fireworks: A well-designed local image and video selector for Android

Repository: https://github.com/zhihu/Matisse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/matisse
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, android-library, android-image-picker, android-image-selector, video-selector
Last push: 2023-05-15T09:55:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3430, "days_push": 1206, "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 12512, forks 2046 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.258415+00:00)

## What it is
Matisse is a well-designed Android library for selecting local images and videos from a device's gallery. It supports multiple themes, pluggable image loading engines (Glide, Picasso), custom filters, and configurable selection limits.

## Use cases
- pick images from gallery in an Android app
- let users select videos to upload
- build a photo attachment flow in a chat app
- select multiple photos with a max count limit
- customize the media picker theme to match app branding
- filter selectable media by type or size

## When to choose
- you need a polished, customizable media picker UI on Android
- you want to support both image and video selection with filters
- you prefer a library that works with Glide or Picasso engines

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform (Flutter/React Native) picker
- you target modern Android storage APIs and need active maintenance
- you only need a simple single-image pick via system intents

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing, file-upload
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, media, photography
- platform: jvm
- tags: image-picker, video-picker, media-selection, android-library, gallery, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- zhihu/Matisse (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.258415+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 2026-08-29T17:13:59.460015+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zhihu/Matisse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.258415+00:00, sha 8e67b5e2041d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.