# HarshilShah/NotchKit

A simple way to hide the notch on the iPhone X

Repository: https://github.com/HarshilShah/NotchKit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/notchkit
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, iphone-x
Last push: 2020-02-19T05:44:55+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": 3273, "days_push": 2387, "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 1794, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.290364+00:00)

## What it is
NotchKit is a Swift library that hides the iPhone X notch by rendering apps as a card-like interface on the OLED display. It provides a drop-in NotchKitWindow replacement for the standard UIWindow.

## Use cases
- hide the notch on iPhone X in my iOS app
- create a card-style UI around the iPhone X notch
- make my app render as a card on OLED iPhone X
- drop-in UIWindow replacement that masks the notch
- support iPhone X display in a legacy iOS app

## When to choose
- building an iOS app targeting iPhone X with a card-like notch-hiding aesthetic
- you want a minimal one-line window swap instead of custom notch handling

## When to avoid
- targeting modern iOS versions where notch handling is built into UIKit
- starting a new project - the library is unmaintained since 2020 and Swift 4 era
- apps needing Dynamic Island or safe-area-aware layouts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, gui
- domain: mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: iphone-x, notch, uikit, cocoapods, carthage, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- HarshilShah/NotchKit (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.290364+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 2026-08-30T03:22:52.584459+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HarshilShah/NotchKit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.290364+00:00, sha 6fc14121f639)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.