The best SDWebImage alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to SDWebImage, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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SDWebImageLoads, caches and displays web images on Apple platforms, with a UIImageView-style API.
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Kingfisher
Open source · MIT · ★ 24.4k
A Swift library that downloads, caches, and displays images from the web in apps.
Best for: iOS or macOS developers who need to show remote images in lists or detail screens; Teams building SwiftUI apps that display images from URLs
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SVProgressHUD
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.4k
A simple progress and status overlay for iOS and tvOS apps, written in Objective-C.
Best for: iOS developers who need a quick loading indicator for a blocking task; Developers maintaining Objective-C codebases that want a drop-in HUD
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FSCalendar
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.6k
A customizable calendar view control for iOS apps, usable from Objective-C or Swift.
Best for: iOS developers who need a calendar or date-picker view in their app; Teams with existing Objective-C code that also want Swift support
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to SDWebImage. We don't take payment for placement.