# eBay/NMessenger

A fast, lightweight messenger component built on AsyncDisplaykit and written in Swift

Repository: https://github.com/eBay/NMessenger
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nmessenger
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-05-12T11:34:41+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": 3673, "days_push": 3035, "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 2396, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.611626+00:00)

## What it is
NMessenger is a fast, lightweight iOS messenger UI component library built on AsyncDisplayKit and written in Swift. It provides ready-made chat interface elements like message bubbles, typing indicators, avatars, and rich content nodes with smooth 60FPS scrolling.

## Use cases
- build a chat interface in an iOS app
- render message bubbles with avatars and typing indicators
- display smooth 60fps scrolling message feeds
- add a messaging component with text, image, and rich content support
- customize chat bubble shapes and configurations
- animate adding, removing, and updating messages in a chat

## When to choose
- you need a performant chat UI in an iOS Swift app
- you want prebuilt messenger components with animations and typing indicators
- your app already uses or is compatible with AsyncDisplayKit/Texture

## When to avoid
- you need landscape mode support, which is currently disabled
- you target platforms other than iOS
- you need a full chat backend or networking, since this is UI-only
- your project uses modern Swift versions beyond what the library supports

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, state-management
- domain: mobile-development, messaging-platforms, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: messenger-ui, chat-interface, asyncdisplaykit, message-bubbles, swift-components, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- eBay/NMessenger (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.611626+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 2026-08-30T02:34:21.920204+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eBay/NMessenger (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.611626+00:00, sha de754edce2dd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.