rsms/peertalk

iOS and Mac Cocoa library for communicating over USB observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rsms/peertalk · homepage · Objective-C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

Activity 0
Release rhythm 35
Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 5276
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 1589
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3495 stars · 511 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

PeerTalk is an iOS and Mac Cocoa library for communicating over USB between an iOS device and a Mac. It provides USB device attach/detach events, TCP-over-USB bridging, and a higher-level channel/protocol API built on Grand Central Dispatch.

Use cases

communicate between an iOS app and Mac app over USB
bridge TCP connections to an iPhone over a Lightning cable
detect iOS device attach and detach events on macOS
use an iPhone as an external display for a Mac
build App Store apps that talk to connected iOS devices

When to choose

you need reliable USB-based communication between iOS and macOS apps
you want a proven library already shipped in App Store apps like Duet Display
your codebase is Objective-C/Cocoa and uses Grand Central Dispatch

When to avoid

you need wireless or network-based communication instead of USB
your project is not on Apple platforms
you need actively developed features or recent updates

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

networking concurrency sdk mobile-development developer-tools cross-platform cpp usb-communication objective-c cocoa libdispatch usb-bridging tcp-over-usb ios macos

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/rsms/peertalk · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4543359103c3
homepage: https://rsms.me/peertalk/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 684ddbf38619

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
rsms/peertalk	main	32

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