SDWebImage
Asynchronous image downloader with cache support as a UIImageView category observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 77
- Release rhythm 60
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 50
- age_days: 6190
- days_rel: 188
- days_push: 140
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
25634 stars · 5961 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
SDWebImage is an asynchronous image downloader and caching library for Apple platforms, provided as categories on UIImageView, UIButton, and MKAnnotationView. It offers memory and disk caching, background decompression, progressive and animated image loading, and an extensible coder system supporting formats like WebP and HEIF.
Use cases
- load remote images asynchronously into uiimageview
- cache images on disk and memory in an ios app
- display animated gif and webp images in ios
- download and show images in swiftui views
- avoid ui lag from image decoding on the main thread
- apply transformations to downloaded images
When to choose
- you build iOS, macOS, watchOS, or visionOS apps that display remote images
- you need battle-tested async image loading with caching on Apple platforms
- you need animated image support like GIF or WebP with good CPU/memory balance
When to avoid
- you develop for Android or non-Apple platforms
- you use SwiftUI exclusively and prefer Apple's native AsyncImage for simple cases
- you need a cross-platform image pipeline outside the Apple ecosystem
Facets
library · maturity stable
image-processing caching http-client ui-components mobile-development image-processing frontend cpp cocoapods swiftui animated-images webp uikit image-downloader ios macos swift
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage · fetched 2026-08-28 · b9db43da3eff
- homepage: https://sdwebimage.github.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · ab35d222d1a3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| SDWebImage/SDWebImage | main | 76 |
| SDWebImage/SDWebImageSwiftUI | plugin | 59 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="SDWebImage/SDWebImage")
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