Spruce iOS Animation Library (and Android) by willowtreeapps
Swift library for choreographing animations on the screen.
About Spruce iOS Animation Library (and Android)
From the project's README at github.com/willowtreeapps/spruce-ios. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://circleci.com/gh/willowtreeapps/spruce-ios) [](https://coveralls.io/github/willowtreeapps/spruce-ios?branch=master) [](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) [](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods) []() []() What is it? Spruce is a lightweight animation library that helps choreograph the animations on the screen. With so many different animation libraries out there, developers need to make sure that each view is animating at the appropriate time. Spruce can help designers request complex multi-view animations and not have the developers cringe at the prototype.
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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 | 3.4k | github.com/willowtreeapps/spruce-ios |
| GitHub forks | 200 | github.com/willowtreeapps/spruce-ios |
Release & maintenance
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| Project age | 9.5 years | since Nov 2016 |
| Last commit | 2.1 years ago | Mar 18, 2024 |
| Releases shipped | 1 | last: 9.2 years ago |
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 → |
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