---------------- A data-driven `UICollectionView` framework for building fast and flexible lists. | | Main Features | ----------|----------------- 🙅 | Never call `performBatchUpdates(_:, completion:)` or `reloadData()` again 🏠 | Better architecture with reusable cells and components 🔠 | Create collections with multiple data types 🔑 | Decoupled diffing algorithm ✅ | Fully unit tested 🔍 | Customize your diffing behavior for your models 📱 | Simply `UICollectionView` at its core 🚀 | Extendable API 🐦 | Written in Objective-C with full Swift interop support `IGListKit` is built and maintained with ❤️ by [Instagram engineering](https://engineering.instagram.com/). We use the open source version `master` branch in the Instagram app. ## Requirements - Xcode 9.0+ - iOS 9.0+ - tvOS 9.0+ - macOS 10.11+ *(diffing algorithm components only)* - Interoperability with Swift 3.0+ ## Installation ### CocoaPods The preferred installation method is with [CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org). Add the following to your `Podfile`: ```ruby pod 'IGListKit', '~> 4.0.0' ``` ### Carthage For [Carthage](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage), add the following to your `Cartfile`: ```ogdl github "Instagram/IGListKit" ~> 4.0.0 ``` > For advanced usage, see our [Installation Guide](https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit/installation.html). ## Getting Started ```bash $ git clone https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit.git $ cd IGListKit/ $ ./scripts/setup.sh ``` - Our [Getting Started guide](https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit/getting-started.html) - Ray Wenderlich's [IGListKit Tutorial: Better UICollectionViews](https://www.raywenderlich.com/147162/iglistkit-tutorial-better-uicollectionviews) - Our [example projects](https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/tree/master/Examples) - Ryan Nystrom's [talk at try! Swift NYC](https://realm.io/news/tryswift-ryan-nystrom-refactoring-at-scale-lessons-learned-rewriting-instagram-feed/) (Note: this talk was for an earlier version. Some APIs have changed.) - [Migrating an UITableView to IGListCollectionView](https://medium.com/cocoaacademymag/iglistkit-migrating-an-uitableview-to-iglistkitcollectionview-65a30cf9bac9), by Rodrigo Cavalcante - [Keeping data fresh in Buffer for iOS with AsyncDisplayKit, IGListKit & Pusher](https://overflow.buffer.com/2017/04/10/keeping-data-fresh-buffer-ios-asyncdisplaykit-iglistkit-pusher/), Andy Yates, Buffer ## Documentation You can find [the docs here](https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit). Documentation is generated with [jazzy](https://github.com/realm/jazzy) and hosted on [GitHub-Pages](https://pages.github.com). To regenerate docs, run `./scripts/build_docs.sh` from the root directory in the repo. ## Vision For the long-term goals and "vision" of `IGListKit`, please read our [Vision](https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/blob/master/Guides/VISION.md) doc. ## Contributing Please see the [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for how to help. At Instagram, we sync the open source version of `IGListKit` daily, so we're always testing the latest changes. But that requires all changes be thoroughly tested and follow our style guide. We have a set of [starter tasks](https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Astarter-task) that are great for beginners to jump in on and start contributing. ## License `IGListKit` is [MIT-licensed](./LICENSE). The files in the `/Examples/` directory are licensed under a separate license as specified in each file. Documentation is licensed [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).