# simonbs/SBSAnimoji

🐵 Animoji app using Apples AvatarKit

Repository: https://github.com/simonbs/SBSAnimoji
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sbsanimoji
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Topics: animoji, ios, apple, emoji, augmented-reality, iphone, iphone-x, private-api
Last push: 2022-05-06T14:01:08+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": 3222, "days_push": 1580, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1007, forks 102 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.268391+00:00)

## What it is
An iOS app that records Animoji videos up to 60 seconds long using Apple's private AvatarKit framework, the same framework behind Messages.app's Animoji. It serves as both a standalone app and an example of using AvatarKit outside of Messages.

## Use cases
- record animoji videos longer than 30 seconds
- export animoji videos to photo library
- share animoji videos via share sheet
- learn how to use apple's private avatarkit framework
- create a standalone animoji app on iphone x

## When to choose
- you want to record animoji videos outside of messages with longer duration
- you want a reference example of using the private AvatarKit framework
- you have an iPhone X and want to experiment with animoji

## When to avoid
- you plan to ship to the App Store since it uses private APIs
- you need simulator support or robust error handling
- you need a maintained project - it relies on private APIs that may break and has no license

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: mobile-development, apple-ecosystem, entertainment, media
- platform: -
- tags: animoji, avatarkit, private-api, objective-c, iphone-x, augmented-reality, video-recording, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- simonbs/SBSAnimoji (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.268391+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 2026-08-30T07:12:42.063933+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simonbs/SBSAnimoji (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.268391+00:00, sha ddc8569f386e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.