The best SkeletonView alternatives
6 tools that do a similar job to SkeletonView, 6 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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SkeletonViewA loading placeholder library for iOS that shows grey skeleton shapes where content will appear.
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react-content-loader
Open source · MIT · ★ 14k
A React component that draws grey placeholder shapes while content loads.
Best for: React developers who want loading placeholders for cards, lists, or profiles; Teams that want a small dependency for skeleton screens on the web
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NVActivityIndicatorView
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.7k
A Swift library of 32 ready-made loading spinner animations for iOS apps.
Best for: iOS developers who want a ready-made loading indicator with many styles; Developers using Swift in UIKit-based apps
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Hero
Open source · MIT · ★ 22.5k
A Swift library for custom iOS and tvOS screen transitions, set up declaratively.
Best for: iOS developers who want custom screen transitions without writing UIKit animation code by hand; Developers who want shared-element style transitions between matching views
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IGListKit
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.1k
A Swift-compatible Objective-C framework for building data-driven UICollectionView lists on iOS.
Best for: iOS developers building list or feed screens with UICollectionView; Teams who want a reusable, decoupled diffing approach for their models
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Eureka
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.8k
A Swift library for building iOS settings-style forms with less boilerplate.
Best for: iOS developers building form-heavy screens in Swift; Teams migrating an XLForm-based Objective-C or Swift app to Swift
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react-loadable
Open source · MIT · ★ 16.5k
A React helper that loads components on demand using promises, to shrink your initial bundle.
Best for: React developers whose main JavaScript bundle has grown large; Apps that use Webpack and want component-level code splitting
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 SkeletonView. We don't take payment for placement.