Motion by CosmicMind

A library used to create beautiful animations and transitions for iOS.

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Verdict 61/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 6.6 years ago

Self-host Motion on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
61 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
1.8k
120 forks

About Motion

From the project's README at github.com/CosmicMind/Motion. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Welcome to Motion, a library used to create beautiful animations and transitions for views, layers, and view controllers. Photos Sample

Take a look at a sample Photos project to get started. Photos Sample Who is Motion for?

Motion is designed for beginner to expert developers. For beginners, you will be exposed to very powerful APIs that would take time and experience to develop on your own, and experts will appreciate the time saved by using Motion. What you will learn

You will learn how to use Motion with a general introduction to fundamental concepts and easy to use code snippets. Transitions

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
58
maturity
100
community
67
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
28

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 1.8k github.com/CosmicMind/Motion
GitHub forks 120 github.com/CosmicMind/Motion

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age9.3 yearssince Feb 2017
Last commit6.3 years agoJan 28, 2020
Releases shipped33last: 6.6 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

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hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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