10 alternatives to retrofit

lysine-dev/retrofit — A type-safe HTTP client for Android and the JVM (43,936 stars, Apache-2.0, integration).

These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 166 licence-cleared components from lysine-dev/retrofit itself.

The alternatives in detail

• airmessage/airmessage-android
  AirMessage for Android phones, tablets, and laptops
  score 6.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 227 stars · 412 components · search them
• material-components/material-components-android
  [MAINTENANCE MODE] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android
  score 7.0/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 17,433 stars · 740 components · search them
• barry-ran/qtscrcpy
  Android real-time display control software
  score 3.5/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 32,511 stars · 47 components · search them · alternatives
• kivy/kivy
  Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS
  score 6.5/10 · MIT permissive · 19,030 stars · 270 components · search them
• capcom6/android-sms-gateway
  The SMS Gateway for Android™ app enables sending and receiving SMS messages through an API that can be accessed directly on the device or via a cloud server when direct device access is not possible.
  score 5.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 5,934 stars · 193 components · search them
• requery/sqlite-android
  Android SQLite support library
  score 6.1/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 1,139 stars · 45 components · search them
• google/artemis
  ARTEMIS turns natural-language instructions into reliable Android automation. It automates end-to-end workflows, captures logs, and integrates seamlessly with AI coding assistants such as Antigravity, Codex, and Claude C
  score 5.5/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 14,676 stars · 355 components · search them
• orhanobut/hawk
  ✔️ Secure, simple key-value storage for Android
  score 7.7/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 3,992 stars · 14 components · search them
• rusty4444/hermes-android
  Android client for Hermes Agent - chat with your Hermes sessions from a phone or tablet over local Wi-Fi or a private Tailscale network.
  score 6.2/10 · MIT permissive · 475 stars · 235 components · search them
• nix-community/nix-on-droid
  Nix-enabled environment for your Android device. [maintainers=@t184256]
  score 7.0/10 · MIT permissive · 2,183 stars · 5 components · search them

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