FMDB vs Cartography

FMDB

A Cocoa / Objective-C wrapper around SQLite (by ccgus)

Database

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Cartography

A declarative Auto Layout DSL for Swift :iphone::triangular_ruler: (by robb)

Layout Auto Layout

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FMDB		Cartography
	Project
5	Mentions	1
13,836	Stars	7,347
-	Growth	-
5.2	Activity	0.0
19 days ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
Objective-C	Language	Swift
Unknown	License	NOASSERTION

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FMDB

Posts with mentions or reviews of FMDB. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-06.

SwiftData
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jun 2023

There’s a number of indie devs who rely on https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb for fast persistence. The rebirth of NetNewsWire came with FMDB at it’s core (https://inessential.com/2020/05/18/why_netnewswire_is_fast)
Can I transfer data from a SQLite3 (*.db) file to Core Data?
1 project | /r/SwiftUI | 24 Sep 2022

In a project I‘ve adopted, this package is used alongside CoreData to access SQLite features which aren’t possible in CoreData. I would recommend it, it‘s pretty old but has SPM support. But it’s written in Obj-C, maybe this is off-putting for you, so you may find something similar but written in swift.
Awesome macOS Libraries List
76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022

FMDB - A Cocoa / Objective-C wrapper around SQLite. Language: Objective-C.
Any practical recommendation when dealing with SQLite in iOS?
2 projects | /r/iOSProgramming | 13 Jan 2021

Cartography

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cartography. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-21.

Awesome macOS Libraries List
76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022

Cartography - A declarative Auto Layout DSL for Swift. Language: Swift.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FMDB and Cartography you can also consider the following projects:

GRDB.swift - A toolkit for SQLite databases, with a focus on application development

SnapKit - A Swift Autolayout DSL for iOS & OS X

SQLite.swift - A type-safe, Swift-language layer over SQLite3.

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

Realm - Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for Core Data & SQLite

Stevia - :leaves: Concise Autolayout code

MMKV - An efficient, small mobile key-value storage framework developed by WeChat. Works on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and POSIX.

EasyPeasy - Auto Layout made easy

YapDatabase - YapDB is a collection/key/value store with a plugin architecture. It's built atop sqlite, for Swift & objective-c developers.

Neon - A powerful Swift programmatic UI layout framework.

swiftydb

MisterFusion - MisterFusion is Swift DSL for AutoLayout. It is the extremely clear, but concise syntax, in addition, can be used in both Swift and Objective-C. Support Safe Area and Size Class.