React & Elm inspired frameworks in Swift

SwiftElmFrameworkList.md

React & Elm inspired frameworks in Swift

This is a curated list of iOS (Swift & ObjC) frameworks which are inspired by React and Elm.

Swift frameworks

React-inspired

• ReactSwift by @ColinEberhardt

  • https://github.com/ColinEberhardt/ReactSwift

• Few by @joshaber

  • https://github.com/joshaber/Few.swift (Incremental DOM)
  • https://github.com/joshaber/SwiftBox (Flexbox)

• Render by @alexdrone

  • https://github.com/alexdrone/Render (Incremental DOM)
  • https://github.com/alexdrone/FlexboxLayout (Flexbox)

• katana-swift by @BendingSpoons

  • https://github.com/BendingSpoons/katana-swift/ (Incremental DOM)

• ReSwift + UILib by @Ben-G

  • https://github.com/ReSwift/ReSwift (Redux)
  • https://github.com/Ben-G/UILib (Virtual DOM with component-level diffing)

• VR by @thysultan

  • https://github.com/thysultan/VR (Virtual DOM in many different languages)

• TemplateKit by @mcudich

  • https://github.com/mcudich/TemplateKit (XML + CSS (Flexbox) parsing, Virtual DOM with component-level diffing)
  • Blog: Introducing TemplateKit: Native UI Components in Swift

Elm-inspired

• swift-elm by @Rheeseyb

  • https://github.com/momentumworks/swift-elm (+ RxSwift)

• Portal by @guidomb

  • https://github.com/guidomb/Portal (+ Redux)
  • https://github.com/guidomb/PortalView (Incremental DOM)
  • Slide: https://speakerdeck.com/guidomb/a-portal-from-elm-to-swift

• tea-in-swift by @chriseidhof

  • https://github.com/chriseidhof/tea-in-swift

• SwiftElm by @inamiy

  • https://github.com/inamiy/SwiftElm
  • https://github.com/inamiy/VTree (Virtual DOM)
  • https://github.com/inamiy/Flexbox (Flexbox)
  • https://github.com/inamiy/ReactiveAutomaton (+ ReactiveSwift)
  • Slide: https://speakerdeck.com/inamiy/elm-architecture-in-swift

• Zelkova by @inamiy

  • https://github.com/inamiy/Zelkova
  • https://github.com/linkedin/LayoutKit (Incremental DOM)
  • https://github.com/inamiy/ReactiveAutomaton (+ ReactiveSwift)

ObjC(++) frameworks

• ReactNative
• ComponentKit
• Texture
  • Previous version: AsyncDisplayKit
• HubFramework
• Jasonette

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Appendix

Effect (State) manager (e.g. Redux)

• https://github.com/ReSwift/ReSwift
• https://github.com/ReactorSwift/Reactor
• https://github.com/kzaher/RxFeedback (+ RxSwift)
• https://github.com/ReactorKit/ReactorKit (+ RxSwift)
• https://github.com/inamiy/RxAutomaton (+ RxSwift)
• https://github.com/inamiy/ReactiveAutomaton (+ ReactiveSwift)

Other related stuffs

• Performance Calendar » React’s diff algorithm

  • Explains diffChildren algorithm. See also: Matt-Esch/virtual-dom

• React Virtual DOM vs Incremental DOM vs Ember’s Glimmer: Fight

  • Difference between Virtual DOM and Incremental DOM, etc

• Pux

  • Haven't tried yet, but PureScript looks nice!

• Test Doubles Are A Scam – Matt Diephouse - YouTube

  • mutating version of state-transition function