# JJTech0130/pypush

Python APNs and iMessage client

Repository: https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pypush
Homepage: https://discord.gg/BVvNukmfTC
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: imessage, proof-of-concept, reverse-engineering
Last push: 2026-03-15T04:05:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 43, longevity 89
- inputs: {"age_days": 1246, "days_push": 171, "days_rel": 171, "gap_med": 241, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3768, forks 402 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.082224+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library for interacting with Apple's private APIs, originally a proof-of-concept iMessage reverse-engineering project. It currently supports acting as an Apple device on the client side of Apple's internal APNs API to receive push notifications, with iMessage support being rebuilt.

## Use cases
- send and receive iMessages from Python
- activate as an Apple device and receive APNs push notifications
- reverse-engineer and experiment with Apple's private API surface
- build custom iMessage bots or bridges
- interact with Apple internal APIs without a Mac

## When to choose
- you need programmatic iMessage or APNs access from Python on any platform
- you're researching Apple's private APIs and protocols
- you're building a messaging bridge or bot for iMessage

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, production-ready library (the rewrite is unstable until 3.0.0)
- you need a permissively licensed dependency (it's SSPL-licensed)
- you want official, supported Apple API access

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: http-client, reverse-engineering, sdk
- domain: reverse-engineering, apis, messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: imessage, apns, apple-private-api, push-notifications, proof-of-concept

## Member repositories
- JJTech0130/pypush (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.082224+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 2026-08-29T18:27:54.071816+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JJTech0130/pypush (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.082224+00:00, sha 33b108e93388)
  - homepage: https://discord.gg/BVvNukmfTC (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:39.765005+00:00, sha 3f4be06b5f46)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pypush/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:39.773884+00:00, sha 24a701e9cc32)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.