# ibireme/YYWebImage

Asynchronous image loading framework.

Repository: https://github.com/ibireme/YYWebImage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yywebimage
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-11-05T01:54:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3961, "days_push": 2128, "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 3526, forks 608 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:08.076823+00:00)

## What it is
YYWebImage is an asynchronous image loading framework for iOS, part of YYKit, offering remote/local image loading, animated WebP/APNG/GIF decoding, and high-performance memory and disk caching. It serves as an improved replacement for SDWebImage, PINRemoteImage, and FLAnimatedImage.

## Use cases
- load images asynchronously into UIImageView from remote URLs
- display animated WebP, APNG, or GIF images with low memory usage
- cache downloaded images in memory and on disk
- apply image effects like blur, round corners, and resizing during loading
- show progressive image loading with blur and fade animations
- replace SDWebImage with a higher-performance image loader

## When to choose
- building an Objective-C iOS app that needs fast asynchronous image loading
- you need animated WebP/APNG/GIF support with lower memory usage
- you want built-in image processing effects like blur and rounded corners
- SDWebImage performance is a bottleneck in your app

## When to avoid
- starting a new Swift project - consider modern alternatives like Kingfisher or SDWebImage
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- your app targets only recent iOS versions and needs SwiftUI integration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, caching, http-client
- domain: mobile-development, image-processing
- platform: -
- tags: image-loading, async-image, webp, gif, apng, uikit, sdwebimage-alternative, cocoapods, ios, macos, objective-c

## Member repositories
- ibireme/YYWebImage (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:08.076823+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 2026-08-29T18:35:09.813887+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ibireme/YYWebImage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:08.076823+00:00, sha d8960fa43923)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.