Rainbows
The premium Open Source alternative to Core Animation
🎯 Best for:Developers building graphics-intensive iOS or macOS applications.
What is Rainbows?
A high-performance gradient rendering engine that replaces standard Core Animation layers with Metal shaders. It eliminates CPU overhead and main-thread blocking during complex gradient animations.
Tech Stack
SwiftFrontend & Headless CMS
Why Rainbows?
- • Extreme performance
- • Low CPU usage
- • Smooth animations
Limitations
- • Apple platforms only
- • Requires Metal support
- • Overkill for simple UI
2/24/2026
Last Update
6
Forks
1
Issues
MPL-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Core Animation)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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