kean/Nuke
Nuke is a Swift-based image and video loading and caching library for Apple platforms. It provides a modular pipeline for downloading, decoding, caching, and processing images and videos, with modern async/await concurrency support. The system includes dedicated modules for UI integration (NukeUI, NukeExtensions) and video handling (NukeVideo), alongside a robust caching and decoding infrastructure.
59.8
Adequate · 3 August 2026
8.5k
lines of production code
Swift
primary language
1
bus factor · 100 authors in all
2
measurements over time
How it got here
2016–2022 · Modernization and concurrency support
This period focused on modernizing the Nuke codebase with Swift concurrency, introducing async/await APIs, and refactoring the image pipeline for improved thread safety and performance. It also expanded platform support to include visionOS and tvOS, while significantly increasing test coverage across all modules.
26 changes
2023–2026 · Video support and test infrastructure
This period focused on integrating video playback and decoding capabilities into the NukeVideo module, enabling cross-platform video handling. Concurrently, the project enhanced its testing infrastructure by introducing comprehensive mock implementations and helper utilities to improve unit test coverage and reliability.
4 changes
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