FDTake by fulldecent

Easily take a photo or video or choose from library

swiftphotoimageuiimagepickercontroller
Verdict 71/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 6.4 years ago

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

Health score
71 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
324
116 forks

About FDTake

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

[](https://github.com/fulldecent/FDTake/actions) [](http://clayallsopp.github.io/readme-score?url=fulldecent/FDTake)

To use it in your project, add an to your view controller and implement:

fdTakeController.didGetPhoto = { ( photo: UIImage, info: [AnyHashable : Any]) in }

/// Convenience method for getting a photo open class func getPhotoWithCallback(getPhotoWithCallback callback: @escaping ( photo: UIImage, info: [AnyHashable : Any]) -> Void) -> < >

Health score breakdown

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

activity
80
maturity
84
community
93
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
24

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 324 github.com/fulldecent/FDTake
GitHub forks 116 github.com/fulldecent/FDTake

Release & maintenance

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

Project age13.7 yearssince Aug 2012
Last commit9 months agoAug 14, 2025
Releases shipped12last: 6.4 years ago
Funding links3declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

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

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
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 →

Ready to self-host FDTake?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

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