The best Hero alternatives
5 tools that do a similar job to Hero, 5 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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HeroA Swift library for custom iOS and tvOS screen transitions, set up declaratively.
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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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Material
Open source · MIT · ★ 12k
A Swift UI framework for iOS apps with Material Design-style components and animations.
Best for: iOS developers who want Material Design-style components without building them from scratch; Developers maintaining existing Swift projects that already use Material
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SkeletonView
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.9k
A loading placeholder library for iOS that shows grey skeleton shapes where content will appear.
Best for: iOS developers building apps that load data from the network; Teams using UITableView or UICollectionView lists that need loading placeholders
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RAMAnimatedTabBarController
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.1k
A Swift library that adds animations to iOS tab bar items and icons.
Best for: iOS developers who want animated tab bar icons without writing the animation logic from scratch; Developers building a UI prototype who want a quick visual upgrade to navigation
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FoldingCell
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.2k
An iOS UI component: table cells that expand and fold open with a paper-card style animation.
Best for: iOS developers building list screens with expandable items; Developers who want a ready-made folding animation instead of writing their own
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 Hero. We don't take payment for placement.