twitter-archive/twui

A UI framework for Mac based on Core Animation observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/twitter-archive/twui · Objective-C · NOASSERTION (other) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

Activity 0
Release rhythm 35
Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 5542
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 4016
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2721 stars · 261 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

TwUI is a hardware-accelerated UI framework for macOS built on Core Animation and inspired by UIKit, offering familiar model/view/controller development for iOS developers. It was used in Twitter for Mac but is an archived alpha project with no recent releases.

Use cases

build a GPU-accelerated Mac UI with UIKit-like APIs
port iOS development patterns to macOS apps
render custom table views with Core Animation
mix TwUI views into an existing AppKit application
learn how a UIKit-inspired framework works on the Mac

When to choose

you maintain a legacy Twitter for Mac codebase or study historical UI framework design
you want UIKit-style development on macOS and accept an unmaintained library

When to avoid

you need a maintained, modern macOS UI toolkit - use SwiftUI or AppKit
you require accessibility support or full text editing features
you need AppKit views embedded inside TwUI views

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

ui-components graphics animation desktop-applications web-development cpp core-animation uikit-inspired objective-c gpu-accelerated archived mac macos

1 source

readme: https://github.com/twitter-archive/twui · fetched 2026-08-28 · e3bc700b6d12

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
twitter-archive/twui	main	10

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