# Naituw/IPAPatch

Patch iOS Apps, The Easy Way, Without Jailbreak.

Repository: https://github.com/Naituw/IPAPatch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ipapatch
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ipa, hacking, hacking-tool, reverse-engineering, xcode, patching, ios
Last push: 2026-02-27T03:09:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3455, "days_push": 187, "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 5275, forks 762 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:14.069466+00:00)

## What it is
IPAPatch is an Xcode project template that lets you patch decrypted iOS app IPA files by injecting your own dynamic libraries, without requiring a jailbreak. It supports building and running modified apps, lldb debugging, linking external frameworks, and generating distributable patched IPA files.

## Use cases
- inject custom code into a third-party iOS app
- debug a third-party iOS app with lldb and breakpoints
- patch an ipa without jailbreaking
- link Reveal or other frameworks into an existing app
- create a modified ipa to share with friends
- inspect the runtime behavior of an iOS app

## When to choose
- you want to tweak or analyze a decrypted iOS app on macOS with Xcode
- you need step-by-step debugging of code injected into another app
- you want to distribute a patched ipa without a jailbroken device

## When to avoid
- you need to patch apps on Windows or Linux
- the ipa is encrypted and you have no way to decrypt it
- you want a fully automated non-Xcode patching pipeline

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: ipa-patching, xcode-template, no-jailbreak, objective-c, code-injection, lldb-debugging, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- Naituw/IPAPatch (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.069466+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 2026-08-29T17:59:19.098271+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Naituw/IPAPatch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.069466+00:00, sha 8a291e6c9708)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.