# maciekish/iReSign

iReSign allows iDevice app bundles (.ipa) files to be signed or resigned with a digital certificate from Apple for distribution. This tool is aimed at enterprises users, for enterprise deployment, when the person signing the app is different than the person(s) developing it.

Repository: https://github.com/maciekish/iReSign
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iresign
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-12-01T07:03:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5030, "days_push": 1006, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3616, forks 907 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.796150+00:00)

## What it is
iReSign is a macOS GUI application for signing or re-signing iOS .ipa app bundles with an Apple digital certificate, and for creating signed .ipa files from .xcarchive files. It targets enterprise deployment scenarios where the signer differs from the app developers.

## Use cases
- re-sign an ipa with a different distribution certificate
- resign enterprise apps for in-house deployment
- create a signed ipa from an xcarchive
- sign an app when the signer is not the developer
- reprovision an ipa with a new certificate

## When to choose
- you need a simple GUI on macOS to re-sign unencrypted ipa files
- you handle enterprise iOS distribution and signing separately from development
- you want to convert an xcarchive into a signed ipa

## When to avoid
- you need automated or CI-based code signing (use fastlane or codesign directly)
- the ipa is encrypted from the App Store
- you need active development or support - the project has no license file and infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: apple-ecosystem, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: ios, ipa, code-signing, enterprise-deployment, gui, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- maciekish/iReSign (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.796150+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 2026-08-29T18:32:00.612816+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maciekish/iReSign (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.796150+00:00, sha 2c35f5f72bf4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.