Which one should I pick for a new project?

I can only help you understand the code and technical details of naman14/timber and scwang90/smartrefreshlayout. The choice between them depends entirely on what you're building.

However, the RepoPilot analysis flags a critical concern for naman14/timber: it's marked as AVOID — Stale and unlicensed — last commit 3y ago. The README explicitly states: "This project is no longer in active development. Please refer to TimberX instead."

These are different projects with different purposes:

• naman14/timber is a Material Design music player for Android with features like song browsing, playlists, widgets, and LastFM integration [app/src/main/java/com/naman14/timber/dataloaders/SongLoader.java].

• scwang90/smartrefreshlayout is a refresh-and-load-more layout library with pull-to-refresh/swipe-to-load patterns, supporting nested views, custom headers/footers, and various animation styles [README.md, README_EN.md].

If you need a music player: Don't use the unmaintained timber—use TimberX instead (per the README).

If you need pull-to-refresh functionality: smartrefreshlayout is actively used and documented with multiple header/footer options.

What kind of project are you building?

FOLLOW_UPS:

• What features does your app need to implement?
• Is timber's music player architecture what you're interested in?
• Are you looking for refresh/load-more UI components specifically?