libimobiledevice/ifuse
A fuse filesystem to access the contents of iOS devices observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 78
- Release rhythm 48
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 190
- age_days: 4949
- days_rel: 133
- days_push: 133
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1015 stars · 156 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ifuse is a FUSE filesystem implementation that mounts directories of iOS devices (media, app sandboxes, jailbroken root filesystem) locally via the AFC protocol. It is part of the libimobiledevice ecosystem and uses libimobiledevice for device communication.
Use cases
- mount iphone files on linux
- access ios device filesystem from mac
- browse app documents from an iphone
- copy photos off an iphone without itunes
- mount jailbroken iphone root filesystem
- list file-sharing enabled apps on an ios device
When to choose
- you want to access iOS device files on Linux or macOS without iTunes
- you need to mount an app's sandbox or documents directory locally
- you work with jailbroken devices and need root filesystem access via AFC2
When to avoid
- you need full device backup/restore or app management (use other libimobiledevice tools)
- you are on Windows without FUSE support
- you need wireless-only access without usbmuxd set up
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
file-system cli files apple-ecosystem cross-platform cli fuse ios afc mount iphone libimobiledevice linux macos
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4d058b3d1599
- homepage: https://libimobiledevice.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 60fcaebea5c7
- site_page: https://libimobiledevice.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b452d9b50b7
- site_page: https://libimobiledevice.org/docs/libimobiledevice/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ba54f9669f4
- site_page: https://libimobiledevice.org/docs/libplist/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b4edf3de103
- site_page: https://libimobiledevice.org/news/2025/10/30/ideviceinstaller-1.2.0-release · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1228f7d98c9
- site_page: https://libimobiledevice.org/news/2025/10/24/docs-updated · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7bee0e8863bd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| libimobiledevice/ifuse | main | 72 |
For agents
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