# okwasniewski/MiniSim

MacOS menu bar app for launching iOS  and Android 🤖 emulators

Repository: https://github.com/okwasniewski/MiniSim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/minisim
Homepage: https://www.minisim.app/
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, developer-tools, ios, menubar, menubar-app, swift, utilities, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-02-27T12:50:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 40, longevity 93
- inputs: {"age_days": 1315, "days_push": 187, "days_rel": 187, "gap_med": 261.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3146, forks 105 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.017756+00:00)

## What it is
MiniSim is a lightweight macOS menu bar app for launching and managing iOS simulators and Android emulators without opening Xcode or Android Studio. It is written in Swift and AppKit, offering device launching, cold boots, audio-free launches, and clipboard utilities.

## Use cases
- launch ios simulators from the mac menu bar
- start android emulators without opening android studio
- cold boot an android emulator when it misbehaves
- launch emulator without audio so music keeps playing
- copy device udid or adb id for cli commands
- toggle accessibility on android emulators
- paste clipboard content into an emulator

## When to choose
- you develop mobile apps and frequently launch emulators on macOS
- you want a fast native alternative to opening Xcode or Android Studio just to boot a device
- you use React Native or Flutter and need quick simulator access
- you want keyboard-driven emulator launching via a global shortcut or Raycast

## When to avoid
- you are not on macOS
- you don't have Xcode and Android Studio properly installed, since it relies on xcrun and the Android SDK emulator
- you need full emulator management beyond launching and basic device actions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: menubar-app, emulators, ios-simulator, android-emulator, swift, appkit, raycast-extension, macos

## Member repositories
- okwasniewski/MiniSim (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.017756+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 2026-08-29T18:45:35.600255+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/okwasniewski/MiniSim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.017756+00:00, sha 419898121da6)
  - homepage: https://www.minisim.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:34.511151+00:00, sha 45dc4e4a7d22)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.