# Awalz/SwiftyCam

A Snapchat Inspired iOS Camera Framework written in Swift

Repository: https://github.com/Awalz/SwiftyCam
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swiftycam
Language: Swift
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: video-capture, camera, video-recording, flash, image-capture, snapchat, photos, retina-flash, avfoundation
Last push: 2022-02-04T10:24:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3537, "days_push": 1671, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2115, forks 331 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.034746+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, video-processing, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, media, photography
- platform: -
- tags: camera, avfoundation, snapchat-style, photo-capture, video-capture, cocoapods, view-controller, ios, swift, mobile

## Member repositories
- Awalz/SwiftyCam (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.034746+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 2026-08-30T02:53:21.151360+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Awalz/SwiftyCam (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.034746+00:00, sha 652fc1d3c805)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.