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Catalog of modern iOS tools
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| [Text and Publishing](#text-and-publishing) | [External Services / Sharing](#external-services--sharing) | [Hardware / Sensor](#hardware--sensor) | [Security](#security) |

| [Algorithms / Techniques](#algorithms--techniques) | [Effects / Drawing](#effects--drawing) | [Analytics / Infographics](#analytics--infographics) | [Ads / Rating](#ads--rating) |

| [Debugging](#debugging) | [Data](#data) | [Networking](#networking) | [Animation / Interactions](#animation--interactions) |

| [Resource / Asset helpers](#resource--asset-helpers) | [iTunes / Payment](#itunes--payment) | [Audio](#audio) | [Physics / AI](#physics--ai) |

| [References](#references) | [UI Components](#ui-components) | [Templating / Automation](#templating--automation) | [Xcode / Deployment](#xcode--deployment) |

| [Server](#server) | [Versioning](#versioning) | [Demo](#demo) | [Prototyping](#prototyping) |

| [Notifications](#notifications) | [Swift ports](#swift-ports) | [Testing](#testing) | [Layout](#layout) |

| [Utilities](#utilities) | | | |



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### Text and Publishing

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##### Text

__DTCoreText__ \ Methods to allow using HTML code with CoreText  

https://github.com/Cocoanetics/DTCoreText  

__iOSFontList__ \ Displays all available font names and families on iOS in their corresponding font  

https://github.com/raphaelschaad/iOSFontList  

##### Localization

__Greenwich__ \ A Cocoa framework for localization  

https://github.com/fadingred/Greenwich  



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### External Services / Sharing

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##### LinkedIn

__LinkedIn-OAuth-Sample-Client__  

https://github.com/synedra/LinkedIn-OAuth-Sample-Client  



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### Hardware / Sensor

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##### QR / barcode

__ZBarSDK.Framework__ \ Build script to create a .Framework for the ZBarSDK  

https://github.com/echoz/ZBarSDK.Framework  

__ZXingObjC__ \ An Objective-C Port of ZXing  

https://github.com/TheLevelUp/ZXingObjC  

##### OCR

__Tesseract-iPhone-Demo__ \ Demo iPhone app utilizing the tesseract library for OCR  

https://github.com/nolanbrown/Tesseract-iPhone-Demo  

##### iBeacon

__BeaconEmitter__ \ Turn your Mac as an iBeacon  

https://github.com/lgaches/BeaconEmitter  



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### Security

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__VENTouchLock__ \ A Touch ID and Passcode framework used in the Venmo app.  

https://github.com/venmo/VENTouchLock  



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### Algorithms / Techniques

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##### Data structure

__nedtries__ \ A portable in-place bitwise binary Fredkin trie algorithm which allows for near constant time insertions, deletions, finds, closest fit finds and iteration  

https://github.com/ned14/nedtries  

__digraph__ \ weighted directed graph data structure written in Object-C  

https://github.com/aq1018/digraph  

__dawggenerator__ \ Fast directed acyclic word graph generator  

https://github.com/chalup/dawggenerator  

##### Geometry

__delaunay-ios__ \ Delaunay and Voronoi diagram generators ported to iOS. Includes Fortune's algorithm for Voronoi generation  

https://github.com/czgarrett/delaunay-ios  

__ConvexHull__ \ Javascript implementation of Andrew's Monotone Chain convex hull algorithm  

https://github.com/mgomes/ConvexHull  

__PESGraph__ \ Objective-C implementation of a Graph, along with Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest path finding  

https://github.com/snyderp/PESGraph  

__theseus__ \ A very flexible random maze generator, solver, and renderer for Ruby  

https://github.com/jamis/theseus  

__ShapeReducer-objc__ \ Path optimization using the Douglas-Peucker Line Approximation Algorithm in Objective C  

https://github.com/tomislav/ShapeReducer-objc  

__PerformanceBezier__ \ A small library to dramatically speed up common operations on UIBezierPath, and also bring its functionality closer to NSBezierPath  

https://github.com/adamwulf/PerformanceBezier  

##### Graphics

__separable-sss__ \ Separable Subsurface Scattering is a technique that allows to efficiently perform subsurface scattering calculations in screen space in just two passes  

https://github.com/iryoku/separable-sss  

__smaa__ \ SMAA is a very efficient GPU-based MLAA implementation (DX9, DX10, DX11 and OpenGL), capable of handling subpixel features seamlessly, and featuring an improved and advanced pattern detection & handling mechanism  

https://github.com/iryoku/smaa  

__OpenSubdiv__ \ An Open-Source subdivision surface library  

https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv  

##### Pattern recognition

__BayesianKit__ \ A Cocoa framework implementing a bayesian classifier

https://github.com/lok/BayesianKit  

##### Swizzling

__jrswizzle__ \ one-stop-shop for all your method swizzling needs  

https://github.com/rentzsch/jrswizzle  

##### Promises

__Bolts-iOS__ \ Bolts is a collection of low-level libraries designed to make developing mobile apps easier.

http://boltsframework.github.io/docs/ios/  

https://github.com/BoltsFramework/Bolts-iOS  

##### String

__StringScore__ \ StringScore is an Objective-C library which provides super fast fuzzy string matching/scoring. Based on the JavaScript library of the same name.  

https://github.com/thetron/StringScore  

##### Binding

__Bond__ \ A Swift binding framework  

https://github.com/SwiftBond/Bond  



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### Effects / Drawing

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##### Color

__color__ \ A collection of categories and utilities that extend UIColor  

https://github.com/thisandagain/color  

__ios-sample-blender__ \ Sample code for the Blending Modes blog post  

https://github.com/thoughtbot/ios-sample-blender  

##### Filter

__GPUImage__ \ An open source iOS framework for GPU-based image and video processing  

https://github.com/BradLarson/GPUImage  

__vImageCategory__ \ UIImage category which have vImage wrapper functions and the demo project  

https://github.com/shu223/vImageCategory  

##### Lighting

__iOS-Adaptive-Metal-Knob__ \ A knob made in iOS that simulates real-time reflection updates on a brushed metal surface  

https://github.com/mobilerengler/iOS-Adaptive-Metal-Knob  

__DAAnisotropicImage__ \ DAAnisotropicImage is an anisotropic UIImage generator. Specifically, for a metallic slider knob.  

https://github.com/danielamitay/DAAnisotropicImage  

__ShadowedLayer__ \ A CALayer subclass with an approximation of Lambert shading and specular highlighting  

https://github.com/Spaceman-Labs/ShadowedLayer  

__Shimmer__ \ An easy way to add a simple shimmering effect to any view in an iOS app, which is particularly useful as an unobtrusive loading indicator.  

https://github.com/facebook/Shimmer  



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### Analytics / Infographics

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### Ads / Rating

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### Debugging

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__chisel__ \ Chisel is a collection of LLDB commands to assist debugging iOS apps.  

https://github.com/facebook/chisel  

__DCIntrospect__ \ Small library of visual debugging tools for iOS. http://domesticcat.com.au/projects/introspect  

https://github.com/domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect  

__PonyDebugger__ \ Remote network and data debugging for your native iOS app using Chrome Developer Tools  

https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger  



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### Data

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##### Core Data

__MagicalRecord__ \ Super Awesome Easy Fetching for Core Data 1!!!11!!!!1!  

https://github.com/magicalpanda/MagicalRecord  

##### SQLite

__fmdb__ \ A Cocoa / Objective-C wrapper around SQLite  

https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb  



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### Networking

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##### REST

__AFNetworking__ \ A delightful iOS and OS X networking framework  

https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking  

##### Mocks / Stubs

__objc-mocktail__ \ A simple(r) way to stub out HTTP servers in your Objective-C app

https://github.com/square/objc-mocktail  

##### Realtime

__SocketRocket__ \ A conforming Objective-C WebSocket client library.  

https://github.com/square/SocketRocket  

__XMPPFramework__ \ An XMPP Framework in Objective-C for Mac and iOS  

https://github.com/robbiehanson/XMPPFramework  



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### Animation / Interactions

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##### CADisplayLink

__TISpringLoadedViews__ \ Some UIView subclasses which behave as though they're attached to a spring  

https://github.com/thermogl/TISpringLoadedViews  

##### Examples

__hamburger-button__ \ A hamburger button transition (SWIFT)

http://robb.is/working-on/a-hamburger-button-transition/  

https://github.com/robb/hamburger-button  

__HamburgerButton__ \ Hamburger button with a slick animation. (SWIFT)

http://holko.pl/2014/07/15/hamburger-button-animation/  

https://github.com/fastred/HamburgerButton  



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### Resource / Asset helpers

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##### Images

__iOS-Artwork-Extractor__ \ Extract iOS artwork and emoji symbols into png files, generate glossy buttons png files  

https://github.com/0xced/iOS-Artwork-Extractor  



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### iTunes / Payment

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##### InApp

__CargoBay__ \ The Essential StoreKit Companion  

https://github.com/mattt/CargoBay  



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### Audio

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##### OpenAL

__Finch__ \ Simple, low-latency OpenAL sound engine for Apple iOS  

https://github.com/zoul/Finch  

##### Core Audio

__TheAmazingAudioEngine__ \ Core Audio, Cordially: A sophisticated framework for iOS audio applications, built so you don't have to  

https://github.com/TheAmazingAudioEngine/TheAmazingAudioEngine  



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### Physics / AI

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__CMTraerPhysics__ \ Objective-C/Cocoa port of the Traer v3.0 physics engine; with iOS demo app  

https://github.com/chrismiles/CMTraerPhysics  

__Chipmunk2D__ \ A fast and lightweight 2D game physics library  

https://github.com/slembcke/Chipmunk2D  



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### References

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##### Books

__CleverAlgorithms__ \ An open source book that describes a large number of algorithmic techniques from the the fields of Biologically Inspired Computation, Computational Intelligence and Metaheuristics in a complete, consistent, and centralized manner such that they are accessible, usable, and understandable.  

https://github.com/jbrownlee/CleverAlgorithms  

__The-Nature-of-Code__ \ Raw source of The Nature of Code book as well as Processing examples  

https://github.com/shiffman/The-Nature-of-Code  

##### Papers

__papers-we-love__ \ Papers from the computer science community to read and discuss. https://twitter.com/papers_we_love  

https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love  



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### UI Components

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#### Notifications

__CRToast__ \ A modern iOS toast view that can fit your notification needs  

https://github.com/cruffenach/CRToast  

__RKNotificationHub__ \ Make any UIView a full fledged notification center  

https://github.com/cwRichardKim/RKNotificationHub  

#### Controls

__SMPageControl__ \ A drop in replacement for UIPageControl with a slew of additional customization options.  

https://github.com/Spaceman-Labs/SMPageControl  

#### Displays

##### Calendar

__objc-TimesSquare__ \ TimesSquare is an Objective-C calendar view for your apps.  

https://github.com/square/objc-TimesSquare  

##### Map

__calloutview__ \ A lightweight callout view class for iOS mimicking UICalloutView. http://nfarina.com/post/78014139253/smcalloutview-for-ios-7  

https://github.com/nfarina/calloutview  

##### Images

__VICMAImageView__ \ Content Mode Animatable Image View, change image view's content mode with your animation!  

https://github.com/vitoziv/VICMAImageView  

#### Keyboard

__HTAutocompleteTextField__  

https://github.com/hoteltonight/HTAutocompleteTextField  

__JVFloatLabeledTextField__ \ UITextField subclass with floating labels - inspired by Matt D. Smith's design: http://dribbble.com/shots/1254439--GIF-Mobile-Form-Interaction?list=users  

https://github.com/jverdi/JVFloatLabeledTextField  

__RPFloatingPlaceholders__ \ UITextField and UITextView subclasses with placeholders that change into floating labels when the fields are populated with text. http://dribbble.com/shots/1254439--GIF-Mobile-Form-Interaction  

https://github.com/iwasrobbed/RPFloatingPlaceholders  

__IQKeyboardManager__ \ Codeless drop-in universal library allows to prevent issues of keyboard sliding up and cover UITextField/UITextView. Neither need to write any code nor any setup required and much more.  

https://github.com/hackiftekhar/IQKeyboardManager  

__VENCalculatorInputView__ \ Calculator keyboard used in the Venmo iOS app  

https://github.com/venmo/VENCalculatorInputView  

#### Navigation

__ECSlidingViewController__ \ Customizable sliding view controller container.  

https://github.com/ECSlidingViewController/ECSlidingViewController  

#### Scrollable

__LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout__ \ Extends `UICollectionViewFlowLayout` to support reordering of cells. Similar to long press and pan on books in iBook.  

https://github.com/lxcid/LXReorderableCollectionViewFlowLayout  

__UITableViewCell-Swipe-for-Options__ \ A reproduction of the iOS 7 Mail app's swipe-to-reveal options http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/reproducing-the-ios-7-mail-apps-interface/  

https://github.com/TeehanLax/UITableViewCell-Swipe-for-Options  

__UITableView-FDTemplateLayoutCell__ \ Template auto layout cell for automatically UITableViewCell height calculating  

https://github.com/forkingdog/UITableView-FDTemplateLayoutCell  



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### Templating / Automation

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__liftoff__ \ CLI for configuring opinionated defaults on new Xcode projects  

https://github.com/thoughtbot/liftoff  

__KZBootstrap__ \ iOS project bootstrap aimed at high quality coding.  

https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/KZBootstrap  

__chairs__ \ Swap around your iOS Simulator Documents  

https://github.com/orta/chairs  



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### Xcode / Deployment

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__objc-codegenutils__ \ Three small tools to help you meet Xcode halfway.  

https://github.com/square/objc-codegenutils  

##### Color

__ColorSense-for-Xcode__ \ Plugin for Xcode to make working with colors more visual  

https://github.com/omz/ColorSense-for-Xcode  

__XcodeColors__ \ XcodeColors allows you to use colors in the Xcode debugging console. It's designed to aid in the debugging process.  

https://github.com/robbiehanson/XcodeColors  

__synx__ \ A command-line tool that reorganizes your Xcode project folder to match your Xcode groups  

https://github.com/venmo/synx  

__xcconfigs__ \ Common Xcode configuration files/settings.  

https://github.com/jspahrsummers/xcconfigs  

__fastlane__ \ Connect all iOS deployment tools into one streamlined workflow https://fastlane.tools  

https://github.com/KrauseFx/fastlane  



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### Server

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__fucking_shell_scripts__ \ The easiest, most common sense configuration management tool... because you just use fucking shell scripts.

http://fuckingshellscripts.org  

https://github.com/brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts  



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### Versioning

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##### Git

__gitignore__ \ A collection of useful .gitignore templates  

https://github.com/github/gitignore  



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### Demo

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##### Touch Simulation

__NRTouchPoints__ \ UIWindow subclass that simulates users touches on screen  

https://github.com/natanrolnik/NRTouchPoints  

__COSTouchVisualizer__ \ Visualize touches, gestures and long presses on your iPhone or iPad  

https://github.com/conopsys/COSTouchVisualizer  



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### Prototyping

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__Tweaks__ \ An easy way to fine-tune, and adjust parameters for iOS apps in development.  

https://github.com/facebook/Tweaks  

https://github.com/kitschpatrol/Tweaks (remote triggering)  



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### Notifications

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__ios-deeplink-sdk__ \ A splendid route-matching, block-based way to handle your deep links. http://www.usebutton.com/sdk/deep-links  

https://github.com/usebutton/ios-deeplink-sdk  



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### Swift ports

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__SwiftGraphics__ \ Bringing Swift goodness to Quartz.  

https://github.com/schwa/SwiftGraphics  



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### Testing

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__Kiwi__ \ BDD for iOS  

https://github.com/kiwi-bdd/Kiwi  

__KIF__ \ Keep It Functional - An iOS Functional Testing Framework  

https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF  

__appium__ \ Automation for iOS and Android Apps. http://appium.io  

https://github.com/appium/appium  

__frankencover.it__ \ Code coverage for iOS and OSX.  

https://github.com/appsquickly/frankencover.it  



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### Layout

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##### Auto Layout

__PureLayout__ \ The ultimate API for iOS & OS X Auto Layout — impressively simple, immensely powerful. Objective-C and Swift compatible.  

https://github.com/smileyborg/PureLayout  



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### Utilities

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__ReflectableEnum__ \ Reflection for enumerations in Objective-C.  

https://github.com/fastred/ReflectableEnum