Thanks to the people who help make Inks better

Early Inks quality comes from real use, feedback, reproducible reports, and patient iteration. This page will keep a careful record of people and projects that helped the product grow.

Users & Feedback Partners

爱哭的吉伊

Inspiration origin, Official account operator, Early tester

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From the developer: The first inspiration for this app came from the time we edited Apple Notes together. That is where the story of Inks began (2025.9.15). She also helps run the official account, works as a tester, witnessed the early demo versions, and is my dear one ❤️

Open Source & Creative Ecosystem

We also use and respect open-source software, fonts, audio, and visual-effect references. See the full license notice for details.

GRDB.swift

MIT License. Provides stable and clear Swift database access for local SQLite storage.

Lottie iOS

Apache License 2.0. Supports playback and rendering for Lottie animation resources.

PostHog iOS

MIT License. Helps us understand product usage outside letter content when the user allows analytics.

LiquidGlasKit

MIT License. Provides Liquid Glass-style compatibility references for systems before iOS 26.

ShaderKit by James Rochabrun

MIT License. One reference for Metal shader-based sticker highlights and materials, with original copyright notices retained.

ShipSwift visual effect recipes

Recipe source acknowledged in app shader files. Sticker visual work used recipes such as animation-foil, animation-glitter, animation-intense-bling, and animation-chromatic-glass.