# VictorAlbertos/RxCache

Reactive caching library for Android and Java

Repository: https://github.com/VictorAlbertos/RxCache
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rxcache
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-08-09T13:34:50+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": 3888, "days_push": 2215, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2348, forks 192 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.120963+00:00)

## What it is
RxCache is a reactive caching library for Android and Java that caches data models through declarative interfaces, inspired by Retrofit. It decides whether to subscribe to an expensive data source or serve previously cached data based on provider configuration like TTL annotations.

## Use cases
- cache API responses in an Android app without a database
- add TTL-based caching to RxJava data streams
- cache expensive network or computation results reactively
- replace a full database with simple data model caching
- configure per-provider caching policies via annotations

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android/Java project already using RxCache or RxJava 2
- you need lightweight reactive caching without setting up a database

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - the repo is unmaintained and recommends Room
- your project uses Kotlin coroutines or Flow instead of RxJava
- you need a full persistence solution rather than a cache

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: caching, serialization
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: reactive, rxjava, data-caching, retrofit-inspired, no-longer-maintained, android

## Member repositories
- VictorAlbertos/RxCache (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.120963+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 2026-08-30T02:36:58.770130+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VictorAlbertos/RxCache (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.120963+00:00, sha 63527429912b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.