Xmartlabs XLForm by xmartlabs
XLForm is the most flexible and powerful iOS library to create dynamic table-view forms. Fully compatible with Swift & Obj-C.
About Xmartlabs XLForm
From the project's README at github.com/xmartlabs/XLForm. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
If you are working in Swift then you should have a look at [Eureka], a complete re-design of XLForm in Swift and with more features.
We are not implementing any new features for XLForm anymore. However, if a critical issue arises we will fix it.
XLForm is the most flexible and powerful iOS library to create dynamic table-view forms. The goal of the library is to get the same power of hand-made forms but spending 1/10 of the time.
XLForm provides a very powerful DSL (Domain Specific Language) used to create a form. It keeps track of this specification on runtime, updating the UI on the fly. Let's see the iOS Calendar Event Form created using XLForm
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 | 5.7k | github.com/xmartlabs/XLForm |
| GitHub forks | 936 | github.com/xmartlabs/XLForm |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.1 years | since Apr 2014 |
| Last commit | 1.9 years ago | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Releases shipped | 16 | last: 5.1 years ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
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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