Alerts & Pickers by dillidon
Advanced usage of UIAlertController and pickers based on it: Telegram, Contacts, Location, PhotoLibrary, Country, Phone Code, Currency, Date...
About Alerts & Pickers
From the project's README at github.com/dillidon/alerts-and-pickers. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Advanced usage of native UIAlertController with TextField, TextView, DatePicker, PickerView, TableView, CollectionView and MapView. Features [x] Custom pickers based on UITextField, UITextView, UIDatePicker, UIPickerView, UITableView, UICollectionView and MKMapView. [x] Example using a Storyboard. [x] Easy contentViewController placement. [x] Attributed title label and message label. [x] Button customization: image and title color. [x] Understandable action button placement. [x] Easy presentation. [x] Pure Swift 4. Usage New Alert
```swift let alert = UIAlertController(style: .alert, title: "Title", message: "Message") // or let alert
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 5.8k | github.com/dillidon/alerts-and-pickers |
| GitHub forks | 708 | github.com/dillidon/alerts-and-pickers |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 8.3 years | since Jan 2018 |
| Last commit | 2.2 years ago | Feb 18, 2024 |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 → |
Replaces these paid SaaS
Alerts & Pickers is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Alerts & Pickers?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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