Awalz/SwiftyCam
A Snapchat Inspired iOS Camera Framework written in Swift observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3537
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1671
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2115 stars · 331 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
SwiftyCam is a Snapchat-inspired iOS camera framework written in Swift that simplifies photo and video capture from a single AVFoundation session. It provides a drop-in view controller wrapping the AVSession with camera switching, flash, zoom, and focus controls.
Use cases
- capture photos and videos in an iOS app
- build a snapchat-style camera interface
- simplify AVFoundation camera setup
- add front and rear camera switching with flash
- record video with tap-to-record gestures
- implement retina flash for selfies
When to choose
- you need quick photo and video capture in one iOS session
- you want a prebuilt camera view controller instead of raw AVFoundation
- you need front flash, zoom, and focus controls out of the box
When to avoid
- you need advanced features like ARKit or depth capture
- you target only recent iOS versions with modern APIs like AVFoundation's AVCapturePhotoOutput directly
- the project needs active maintenance - last release was 2022
Facets
framework · maturity maintenance
image-processing video-processing ui-components mobile-development media photography camera avfoundation snapchat-style photo-capture video-capture cocoapods view-controller ios swift mobile
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Awalz/SwiftyCam · fetched 2026-08-28 · 652fc1d3c805
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| Awalz/SwiftyCam | main | 23 |
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