# PlayCover/PlayCover

Community fork of PlayCover

Repository: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/playcover
Homepage: https://playcover.io
Language: Swift
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-22T01:15:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1517, "days_push": 12, "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 11662, forks 973 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.352696+00:00)

## What it is
PlayCover is a macOS application that runs iOS apps and games natively on Apple Silicon Macs by wrapping them to imitate an iPad. It adds custom touch-to-keyboard/mouse/controller keymapping, originally built to run Genshin Impact.

## Use cases
- run iOS games on Apple Silicon Mac
- play Genshin Impact on Mac
- map touch controls to keyboard and mouse
- sideload iOS apps on macOS
- use a controller with iOS games on Mac

## When to choose
- you have an Apple Silicon (M-series) Mac running macOS 12+
- you want native performance rather than emulation
- you need keyboard/mouse/controller keymapping for iOS games

## When to avoid
- you have an Intel Mac
- your specific app or game is not supported or is buggy
- you need official App Store distribution or guaranteed compatibility

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, game
- domain: gaming-tools, apple-ecosystem, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: ios-apps, apple-silicon, keymapping, sideloading, game-emulation, swift, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- PlayCover/PlayCover (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.352696+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 2026-08-29T17:15:25.327796+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.352696+00:00, sha 9d4e48930de8)
  - homepage: https://playcover.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:40.729242+00:00, sha dc54d1e79854)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.