# lorenbrichter/SimFinger

Screencasting for iPhone

Repository: https://github.com/lorenbrichter/SimFinger
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simfinger
Homepage: http://blog.atebits.com/2009/03/not-your-average-iphone-screencast/
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2014-11-19T15:43:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6319, "days_push": 4305, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1229, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.645626+00:00)

## What it is
SimFinger is a macOS utility that overlays a realistic iPhone or iPad frame around the iOS Simulator and shows a touch indicator nub that follows the cursor for screencasts. It is an Objective-C app built for Xcode's iOS Simulator, last updated for iOS 8.1 in 2014.

## Use cases
- record iPhone app demo screencasts with a device frame
- show touch indicators in iOS simulator recordings
- make app promo videos from the iOS simulator
- overlay iPhone 6 or iPad frames on simulator captures
- demonstrate iOS apps with realistic fake home screen apps

## When to choose
- you need to screencast an iOS app on the simulator with a device frame and touch visualization
- you are working with older Xcode/iOS 8.1 simulator setups

## When to avoid
- you use modern Xcode or recent iOS simulators, as the tool targets iOS 8.1 and Xcode 6.1
- you need maintained software or a clear license
- you record on real devices rather than the simulator

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, media
- platform: -
- tags: ios-simulator, screencasting, objective-c, touch-indicator, device-frame-overlay, macos

## Member repositories
- lorenbrichter/SimFinger (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.645626+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 2026-08-30T06:15:07.262789+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lorenbrichter/SimFinger (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.645626+00:00, sha 2fb8f56bae89)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.