# devcxm/iOS-Images-Extractor

A Mac app to decode and extract images from iOS apps, support png/jpg/ipa/Assets.car files.

Repository: https://github.com/devcxm/iOS-Images-Extractor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ios-images-extractor
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-06-03T02:52:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4110, "days_push": 2282, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1992, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.173160+00:00)

## What it is
A Mac GUI application that normalizes, decodes, and extracts images from iOS apps, supporting png, jpg, ipa, and Assets.car files. It is written in Objective-C and distributed as a binary release for macOS 10.14+.

## Use cases
- extract images from an ipa file
- decode Assets.car asset catalogs on mac
- pull png and jpg assets out of an iOS app bundle
- view and export images from compiled iOS asset catalogs
- recover app icons and images from an iOS app

## When to choose
- you need a GUI tool on macOS to extract images from iOS app bundles or .car files
- you want to inspect assets inside an ipa without a device
- you need to export raw PDFs and images from compiled asset catalogs

## When to avoid
- you need to extract assets on Linux or Windows
- you need automated or scripted asset extraction in a CI pipeline
- you need a tool that is actively updated for the latest iOS asset catalog formats

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, gui, file-system
- domain: apple-ecosystem, developer-tools, image-processing, files
- platform: -
- tags: ios-assets, asset-catalog, ipa-extraction, asset-extraction, objective-c, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- devcxm/iOS-Images-Extractor (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.173160+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 2026-08-30T03:02:37.969754+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/devcxm/iOS-Images-Extractor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.173160+00:00, sha 23535cacade6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.