# JiongXing/PhotoBrowser

Lightweight, highly customizable iOS photo & video browser in Swift. Supports zoom transitions, drag-to-dismiss, pinch-to-zoom, infinite looping, custom cells and overlays. No third-party dependencies. Works with both UIKit and SwiftUI. 图片/视频媒体浏览器。

Repository: https://github.com/JiongXing/PhotoBrowser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/photobrowser
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: photo-browser, transition-animation, swift, drag-to-dismiss, image-viewer, ios, swiftui, video-player, zoom-transition
Last push: 2026-07-16T07:01:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3432, "days_push": 48, "days_rel": 198, "gap_med": 2.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1432, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.073228+00:00)

## What it is
JXPhotoBrowser is a lightweight, highly customizable iOS photo and video browser library written in Swift. It provides zoom transitions, drag-to-dismiss, pinch-to-zoom, infinite looping, auto-carousel, and custom cell/overlay extension mechanisms with no third-party dependencies.

## Use cases
- build an instagram-style photo viewer in an ios app
- add swipeable image gallery with zoom transitions to uikit app
- implement drag-to-dismiss full-screen media browsing
- show videos and photos in a paging browser with page indicator
- embed an auto-rotating banner carousel in a view controller
- integrate a photo browser into a swiftui app

## When to choose
- you need a dependency-free, customizable media browser on ios 12+
- you want zoom/fade transitions and drag-to-dismiss out of the box
- you need custom cells and overlays without being tied to a specific image loading library

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform (android/web) media viewer
- you want a batteries-included solution with built-in image loading and caching

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, image-processing, video-processing, animation
- domain: mobile-development, media, photography
- platform: -
- tags: photo-browser, image-viewer, uikit, swiftui, zoom-transition, drag-to-dismiss, video-player, no-dependencies, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- JiongXing/PhotoBrowser (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.073228+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 2026-08-30T04:36:59.889674+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JiongXing/PhotoBrowser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.073228+00:00, sha 0333086e382a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.