cameroncooke/AXe
AXe is a CLI tool for interacting with Simulators using Apple's Private Accessibility APIs. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 93
- Longevity 33
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 21
- age_days: 469
- days_rel: 44
- days_push: 43
- n_releases_24m: 16
Adoption not part of the score
2144 stars · 87 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
AXe is a Swift-based CLI tool for automating and inspecting iOS Simulators on macOS using Apple's private Accessibility APIs and HID input. It supports taps, gestures, text entry, screenshots, video recording, and accessibility-tree inspection, and is designed for use in scripts, CI, and AI agent workflows.
Use cases
- automate taps and gestures in the ios simulator from the terminal
- inspect the accessibility tree of an ios app in the simulator
- capture screenshots and record video of simulator sessions
- type text and press keys into simulator apps for ui testing
- run repeatable simulator ui flows in ci pipelines
- give ai agents tools to drive ios simulator apps
When to choose
- you need scriptable ios simulator automation without xcode ui tests
- you want accessibility-selector-based interaction that survives layout changes
- you need a single-binary macos cli for simulator taps, typing, and capture
- you are building ai agent workflows that control ios simulators
When to avoid
- you need to automate physical ios devices rather than simulators
- you target android emulators or other platforms
- you are not on macOS 14+ with Xcode installed
- you need a full end-to-end test framework with assertions rather than an interaction CLI
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli workflow-automation testing e2e-testing developer-tools computer-vision mobile-development developer-tools testing cli ios-simulator ui-automation accessibility-apis hid-input idb xcode screenshots video-recording ai-agent-ready swift command-line automation macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cameroncooke/AXe · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9b813a6056b7
- homepage: https://www.axe-cli.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9b98a02ab1f2
- site_page: https://www.axe-cli.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6c5642a21e50
- site_page: https://www.axe-cli.com/docs/contributing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 33f701a00c20
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cameroncooke/AXe | main | 81 |
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