# worker8/TourGuide

TourGuide is an Android library that aims to provide an easy way to add pointers with animations over a desired Android View

Repository: https://github.com/worker8/TourGuide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tourguide
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-04-20T08:29:21+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": 4170, "days_push": 1596, "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 2610, forks 406 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.331722+00:00)

## What it is
TourGuide is an Android library for adding animated pointers, overlays, and tooltips over any View to guide users through an app. It simplifies building onboarding and feature-discovery flows with minimal setup.

## Use cases
- show a pointer highlighting a button during onboarding
- add tooltips explaining app features to new users
- create a step-by-step walkthrough of the app UI
- overlay the screen to focus attention on one view
- guide users through a first-launch tutorial

## When to choose
- you need simple animated coach marks or tooltips on Android views
- you want a lightweight onboarding library with an easy API
- you are building a first-launch tutorial for an Android app

## When to avoid
- you target Jetpack Compose rather than View-based UIs
- you need actively maintained library with recent updates
- you need complex multi-screen onboarding flows with state management

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: onboarding, coach-marks, tooltips, user-guidance, kotlin, overlay, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- worker8/TourGuide (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.331722+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 2026-08-30T02:20:53.957795+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/worker8/TourGuide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.331722+00:00, sha 9dd1cf31adad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.