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The best SVProgressHUD alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to SVProgressHUD, 8 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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SVProgressHUD

A simple progress and status overlay for iOS and tvOS apps, written in Objective-C.

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    MBProgressHUD

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15.9k

    A drop-in iOS progress indicator (HUD) library for showing loading status over an app's screen.

    Best for: iOS developers who need a simple loading indicator; Apps written in Objective-C

    Full review SVProgressHUD vs MBProgressHUD
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    SwifterSwift

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15.3k

    A library of over 500 ready-made Swift extensions that add handy helper methods to common types.

    Best for: Swift developers building iOS or macOS apps who want common helper methods ready to use; Teams that want to pick only the extension groups they need, such as UIKit or CoreLocation

    Full review SVProgressHUD vs SwifterSwift
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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

    Full review SVProgressHUD vs FSCalendar
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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

    Full review SVProgressHUD vs Eureka
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    SDWebImage

    Open source · MIT · ★ 25.6k

    Loads, caches and displays web images on Apple platforms, with a UIImageView-style API.

    Best for: iOS or macOS app developers who need to show remote images in lists or grids; Teams that want caching, progressive loading and image transformations handled by a tested library

    Full review SVProgressHUD vs SDWebImage
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    SwiftyJSON

    Open source · MIT · ★ 22.9k

    A Swift library that makes reading JSON data simpler and safer than Foundation's built-in parsing.

    Best for: Swift developers building iOS, macOS, tvOS or watchOS apps that read JSON from web APIs; Teams maintaining existing projects that already use SwiftyJSON

    Full review
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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

    Full review
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    AudioKit

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.5k

    A Swift toolkit for making, processing, and analyzing sound in Apple-platform apps.

    Best for: Swift developers adding synthesizers, effects, or audio analysis to an iOS or macOS app; Developers building music or audio tools for Apple platforms

    Full review

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 SVProgressHUD. We don't take payment for placement.