# DanTheMan827/ios-app-signer

This is an app for OS X that can (re)sign apps and bundle them into ipa files that are ready to be installed on an iOS device.

Repository: https://github.com/DanTheMan827/ios-app-signer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ios-app-signer
Homepage: https://dantheman827.github.io/ios-app-signer
Language: Objective-C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-09-01T00:42:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 39, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3953, "days_push": 367, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6314, forks 1148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.690305+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS GUI application that re-signs iOS/tvOS apps and bundles them into installable ipa files. It accepts ipa, deb, app, and xcarchive inputs and requires a signing certificate and provisioning profile from Xcode.

## Use cases
- resign an ipa with my own certificate
- convert a deb file to an installable ipa
- sign an app to sideload on iPhone
- change app bundle id before installing
- sign apps for Apple TV 4
- repackage xcarchive into signed ipa

## When to choose
- you're on macOS with Xcode installed and need to re-sign iOS apps
- you want a simple GUI instead of manual codesign commands
- you need to convert deb or xcarchive files into signed ipas

## When to avoid
- you're on Linux or Windows
- you need automated CI signing (use fastlane instead)
- you don't have a signing certificate or provisioning profile

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, developer-tools, gui
- domain: apple-ecosystem, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: code-signing, ipa, ios, provisioning-profile, objective-c, sideloading, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- DanTheMan827/ios-app-signer (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.690305+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 2026-08-29T17:46:12.501993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DanTheMan827/ios-app-signer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.690305+00:00, sha 746ed450d34d)
  - homepage: https://dantheman827.github.io/ios-app-signer (fetched 2026-08-29T08:42:37.433358+00:00, sha dd92c3b58bed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.