# AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel

UILabel that supports NSAttributedString

Repository: https://github.com/AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ohattributedlabel
Homepage: https://github.com/AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel/wiki
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2014-12-13T15:35:46+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": 5709, "days_push": 4281, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1500, forks 342 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.230658+00:00)

## What it is
A UILabel subclass for iOS that displays NSAttributedString styled text with mixed fonts, colors, and sizes, plus categories for building attributed strings and simple markup parsing. It was created before iOS 6 added native attributed string support to UILabel.

## Use cases
- display styled text with mixed fonts in a UILabel on iOS
- support attributed strings in apps targeting iOS 5 or earlier
- build NSAttributedString attributes easily
- add custom tappable links to label text
- parse simple markup into attributed strings

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy app that still supports iOS 5 or earlier
- you need custom link handling in labels on pre-iOS6 targets

## When to avoid
- targeting iOS 6 or later - use native UILabel with NSAttributedString instead
- starting a new project
- you need maintained or supported code

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, parser
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: cpp
- tags: uikit, objective-c, nsattributedstring, deprecated, coretext, styled-text, ios, swift

## Member repositories
- AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.230658+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 2026-08-30T04:32:58.328772+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.230658+00:00, sha 4221be6ea127)
  - homepage: https://github.com/AliSoftware/OHAttributedLabel/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:52.523771+00:00, sha f8085f35efd8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.