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Overview
Nuke is an image loading system for Apple platforms. ImagePipeline handles memory and disk caches, image processing, request coalescing, priorities, prefetching, resumable downloads, and progressive images, while NukeUI and NukeExtensions connect the pipeline to SwiftUI and UIKit.
Features and best fit
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Key features
Treat download, decoding, processing, and caching as one ImagePipeline
ImagePipeline runs async image tasks and exposes progress updates. Memory/disk caches, request coalescing, priorities, prefetching, and resumable downloads can be centralized behind one image delivery pipeline.
Sources: [2]
Best fit
Fits image-heavy feeds and galleries across Apple platforms
It is useful when applications want shared policies for priority, prefetching, caching, and processing rather than rebuilding image loading behavior in each SwiftUI or UIKit screen.
Sources: [2]
Before adoption
Nuke 13.2.0 targets Swift 6.2, Xcode 26, and iOS 15+
The Nuke 13 requirements list Swift 6.2, Xcode 26.0, iOS 15, watchOS 8, macOS 12, tvOS 15, and visionOS 1.0. Version 13.2.0 also fixes several progressive-image, cache, resize, and non-finite-size crash issues, so upgrades from 13.0/13.1 should include regression checks for progressive rendering and caches.
Official sources
- [1]kean/Nuke — GitHub repository(2026-10-06)
- [2]Nuke 13.2.0 — README(2026-10-06)
- [3]Nuke 13.2.0 — Package.swift(2026-10-06)
- [4]Nuke 13.2.0 release(2026-10-06)
- [5]Nuke MIT license(2026-10-06)
Supplemental curator note
Nuke fits SwiftUI and UIKit feeds or galleries that need shared priority, prefetching, and cache policies. The 13.x line targets Swift 6.2, Xcode 26, and iOS 15+, so verify the project toolchain first.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Add Nuke 13.2.0 with SwiftPM
Pin the reviewed release. Nuke 13 targets Swift 6.2, Xcode 26, and iOS 15+.
.package(url: "https://github.com/kean/Nuke.git", exact: "13.2.0") - 2
Import NukeUI
Load the NukeUI module to use LazyImage from SwiftUI.
import NukeUI - 3
Render a remote image with LazyImage
Follow the README example and verify downloading, caching, and rendering through ImagePipeline.
LazyImage(url: URL(string: "https://example.com/image.jpeg"))
Growth
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Development activity
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- Commits (last 30 days)
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- Open PRs
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GitHub Topics
- cache
- image
- swift
- webp
- gif
- progressive
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