checkra1n/PongoOS
pongoOS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
36/100
- Activity 29
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 2401
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 426
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2746 stars · 486 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PongoOS is a pre-boot execution environment for Apple boards, built on top of the checkra1n jailbreak tool. It provides an interactive shell and modular framework for loading kernel patchfinders and other modules before iOS boots.
Use cases
- boot a custom pre-boot environment on Apple devices
- load a kernel patchfinder to jailbreak iOS
- interactively debug Apple hardware over USB with a shell
- develop and load custom PongoOS modules
- patch the XNU kernel before boot on checkm8 devices
When to choose
- you are jailbreaking an iPhone 5s through iPhone X with checkra1n
- you need a low-level pre-boot shell on Apple A7-A11 hardware
- you want to experiment with bare-metal code on Apple boards
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose bootloader for non-Apple hardware
- you want a stable production tool rather than a beta jailbreak component
- you need Windows support, which checkra1n does not yet offer
Facets
application · maturity active
embedded security developer-tools cli security operating-systems apple-ecosystem developer-tools embedded cli bootloader jailbreak ios pre-boot-execution-environment kernel-patchfinder checkra1n aarch64 bare-metal macos linux
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/checkra1n/PongoOS · fetched 2026-08-28 · cb32c83afa9c
- homepage: https://checkra.in · fetched 2026-08-29 · a7a88f0273c3
- site_page: https://checkra.in/releases/0.12.4-beta · fetched 2026-08-29 · 791b9ec92792
- site_page: https://checkra.in/linux · fetched 2026-08-29 · 87897b9fe658
- site_page: https://checkra.in/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · adad176421f9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| checkra1n/PongoOS | main | 36 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="checkra1n/PongoOS")
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