# tddworks/baguette

Headless control for Apple's Simulators — 3D models, taps, swipes, multi-finger gestures, 60 fps streaming, and a multi-device farm

Repository: https://github.com/tddworks/baguette
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/baguette
Homepage: https://tddworks.github.io/baguette/
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, simulator, streaming, simulatorkit, agent, cli, devicefarm
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:10:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 8
- inputs: {"age_days": 124, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 43}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1704, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.692166+00:00)

## What it is
Baguette is a Swift CLI and WebSocket server that provides headless control of iOS simulators without opening Xcode or Simulator.app. It supports booting devices, 60 fps screen streaming (MJPEG/H.264), host-side input injection (taps, swipes, multi-finger gestures, keyboard, hardware buttons), accessibility tree inspection, log tailing, screenshots, webcam piping, and a multi-device farm via a built-in web UI.

## Use cases
- control ios simulators headlessly from the command line
- stream simulator screen at 60 fps over websocket
- automate taps and swipes on ios simulator for testing
- run a multi-device ios simulator farm
- inspect accessibility tree of an ios app in simulator
- record simulator screen as mp4 in the browser
- pipe mac webcam into ios simulator camera
- drive ios simulator with ai agents

## When to choose
- you need headless iOS simulator automation on macOS without Xcode UI
- you're building device farms or AI agent loops that drive simulators
- you need low-latency H.264/MJPEG screen streaming with input injection
- you want to inspect accessibility trees and logs programmatically

## When to avoid
- you need to control physical iOS devices rather than simulators
- you're on Linux or Windows — it requires macOS 15+ and Xcode 26
- you rely on officially supported Apple APIs and can't accept private SimulatorKit symbol usage
- you need Android emulator control

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, http-server, websocket, video-processing, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, testing
- platform: cli
- tags: ios-simulator, simulatorkit, device-farm, headless, screen-streaming, input-injection, agent, apple-silicon, ios-26, simulators, automation, macos, web-server, swift

## Member repositories
- tddworks/baguette (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.692166+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:37:36.046873+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tddworks/baguette (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.692166+00:00, sha cd380b7e289b)
  - homepage: https://tddworks.github.io/baguette/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:53.615000+00:00, sha 2a5080e4e658)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.