roberthein/TinyConstraints

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4082 stars · 195 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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TinyConstraints is a Swift library that provides syntactic sugar over NSLayoutConstraint to make Auto Layout code shorter and more readable. It offers one-line helpers like edgesToSuperview() and center(in:) while remaining fully compatible with standard Auto Layout code.

Use cases

• pin a view to its superview edges with one line of code
• center a view in its superview without verbose anchor code
• stack views together with minimal constraint code
• set constraint priorities and relations concisely
• replace verbose NSLayoutConstraint boilerplate in UIKit apps
• create and store inactive constraints for later activation

When to choose

• you build UIKit iOS apps and want concise, readable Auto Layout code
• you want a lightweight drop-in wrapper fully compatible with existing NSLayoutConstraint code
• you frequently constrain views to their superview or stack views together

When to avoid

• you use SwiftUI instead of UIKit Auto Layout
• you prefer explicit NSLayoutConstraint or third-party frameworks like SnapKit with larger ecosystems
• you need a library under very active development, as updates are infrequent

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components animation mobile-development developer-tools auto-layout nslayoutconstraint syntactic-sugar uikit constraints ios swift mobile

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