LayoutKit VS FlexLayout

Compare LayoutKit vs FlexLayout and see what are their differences.

LayoutKit

LayoutKit is a fast view layout library for iOS, macOS, and tvOS. (by linkedin)

FlexLayout

FlexLayout adds a nice Swift interface to the highly optimized facebook/yoga flexbox implementation. Concise, intuitive & chainable syntax. (by layoutBox)
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LayoutKit FlexLayout
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3,162 1,899
- 1.3%
1.1 8.6
about 3 years ago about 1 month ago
Swift Swift
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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LayoutKit

Posts with mentions or reviews of LayoutKit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning LayoutKit yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

FlexLayout

Posts with mentions or reviews of FlexLayout. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-27.
  • Building Reddit’s Design System on iOS
    5 projects | /r/RedditEng | 27 Sep 2023
    We still wanted to leverage a layout engine that could be performant and easy-to-use. After doing some performance testing with native UIKit, Autolayout, and a few other third-party options, we ended up bringing FlexLayout into the mix, which is a Swift implementation of Facebook’s Yoga layout engine. All RPL components utilize FlexLayout in order to lay out content fast and efficiently. While we’ve enjoyed using it, we’ve found a few touch points to be mindful of. There are some rough edges we’ve found, such as utilizing stack views with subviews that use FlexLayout, that often come at odds with both UIKit and FlexLayout’s layout engines.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LayoutKit and FlexLayout you can also consider the following projects:

SnapKit - A Swift Autolayout DSL for iOS & OS X

PinLayout - Fast Swift Views layouting without auto layout. No magic, pure code, full control and blazing fast. Concise syntax, intuitive, readable & chainable. [iOS/macOS/tvOS/CALayer]

Cassowary - A Swift port of the Cassowary linear constraint solver

PureLayout - The ultimate API for iOS & OS X Auto Layout — impressively simple, immensely powerful. Objective-C and Swift compatible.

SwiftBox - Flexbox in Swift, using Facebook's css-layout.

TinyConstraints - Nothing but sugar.

ManualLayout - ✂ Easy to use and flexible library for manually laying out views and layers for iOS and tvOS. Supports AsyncDisplayKit.

Masonry - Harness the power of AutoLayout NSLayoutConstraints with a simplified, chainable and expressive syntax. Supports iOS and OSX Auto Layout

Auto Layout Magic - Build 1 scene, let AutoLayoutMagic generate the constraints for you!