AFNetworking is a network framework suitable for Apple’s multiple operating systems (iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS), and is one of the indispensable components in development.

It builds on the Foundation URL Loading System, extending the powerful high-level network abstractions built into Cocoa. It has a modular architecture with a well-designed, feature-rich API that is very easy to use.

The last release of AFNetworking was in April 2020, and it has not been updated for almost three years now.early this morningthey aresocial mediaAnd the GitHub warehouse issued an announcement, announcing that AFNetworking was officially deprecated and stopped maintenance.

The official announcement is as follows:

Starting January 17, 2023, AFNetworking has been deprecated and there will be no new releases. This repository will remain permanently as an archive. Developers have several options to continue using AFNetworking:

• Copy AFNetworking into your project and compile directly so you have full control over the code.
• Fork AFNetworking and use the forked version in your dependency manager. There will be no official forks of AFNetworking, but anyone can fork at any time, and even release these forks under a different name under the AFNetworking license.

In the announcement, AFNetworking suggested that developers can migrate to Alamofire, which is a network framework written 100% in Swift and more in line with modern Swift requirements. Both the deprecated AFNetworking and Alamofire are developed by the Alamofire Software Foundation.