# alibaba/tidevice

tidevice can be used to communicate with iPhone device

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/tidevice
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tidevice
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: usbmuxd, ios, iphone, wda, tidevice
Last push: 2025-11-21T02:50:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 25, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2050, "days_push": 285, "days_rel": 285, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2607, forks 470 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.145695+00:00)

## What it is
A Python-based command-line tool for communicating with iOS devices over USB without needing iTunes or Xcode. It supports app installation/uninstallation, launching apps, taking screenshots, running XCTest/WebDriverAgent, and collecting app performance metrics.

## Use cases
- install ipa files on iphone from command line
- run webdriveragent without xcodebuild
- take screenshots of ios device from pc
- get cpu and memory usage of an ios app
- list installed apps on iphone
- launch and stop apps on iphone by bundle id
- pair iphone with windows or linux computer

## When to choose
- you need to automate iOS devices on Windows or Linux where Xcode is unavailable
- you want to launch WebDriverAgent for Appium-based iOS testing without a Mac
- you need lightweight CLI-based iOS app management and performance monitoring

## When to avoid
- you need iOS 17 or newer support - the project is no longer maintained and recommends pymobiledevice3 or go-ios instead
- you need actively maintained tooling for the latest iOS versions
- you require deep device features beyond app management, screenshots, and performance metrics

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, testing, workflow-automation, cli
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, testing
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: ios, iphone, usbmuxd, appium, webdriveragent, xctest, device-automation, ipa-installation, appium-testing, automation, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- alibaba/tidevice (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.145695+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 2026-08-30T02:20:56.606446+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/tidevice (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.145695+00:00, sha 3d61be885fd3)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/tidevice/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:47.002957+00:00, sha 65cd7a6ac414)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.