# marty-suzuki/ReverseExtension

A UITableView extension that enables cell insertion from the bottom of a table view.

Repository: https://github.com/marty-suzuki/ReverseExtension
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reverseextension
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: uitableview, uitableviewcell, reverse, extension
Last push: 2021-10-22T00:57:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3472, "days_push": 1777, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1661, forks 128 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.485181+00:00)

## What it is
A Swift UITableView extension that lets cells be inserted from the bottom of a table view by rotating the table view and cells. It exposes this behavior through a simple `re` namespace so developers can easily enable or disable it.

## Use cases
- build a chat message list where new messages appear at the bottom
- make a uitableview fill content from the bottom up
- show newest items first in a table view without scrolling
- create a bottom-anchored feed like a messaging app
- reverse the scroll direction of a table view in ios

## When to choose
- you need chat-style bottom-up cell insertion in a UITableView with minimal code
- you want a drop-in extension that can be reverted by removing the `re` namespace
- your project uses Swift 5 and iOS 10+ with CocoaPods or Carthage

## When to avoid
- you use UICollectionView instead of UITableView
- you need a maintained library with recent updates (last release 2021)
- you need complex custom layout beyond simple bottom insertion

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: uitableview, swift-extension, cocoapods, carthage, chat-interface, ios, swift

## Member repositories
- marty-suzuki/ReverseExtension (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.485181+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 2026-08-30T03:44:38.247316+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marty-suzuki/ReverseExtension (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.485181+00:00, sha 54d5dd2141c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.