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Lakr233/vphone-cli

None observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli · Swift · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

82/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 13
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 1
  • age_days: 188
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 20

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8071 stars · 1162 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Swift CLI tool that boots virtual iPhone instances on Apple Silicon Macs using Apple's Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure. It automates the full pipeline of firmware download, boot-chain patching, DFU restore, and custom firmware installation to run iOS in a VM.

Use cases

  • run a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac
  • create and manage iOS virtual machines from the command line
  • patch iOS firmware and perform DFU restores for research
  • clone or export iOS VMs with fresh device identities
  • test jailbroken iOS variants in a sandboxed VM
  • automate iOS VM creation for security research

When to choose

  • you need to run iOS on macOS without physical devices
  • you do iOS security or jailbreak research on Apple Silicon
  • you want scriptable, repeatable iOS VM lifecycle management
  • you need multiple isolated iOS instances for testing

When to avoid

  • you are on Intel Macs or non-macOS hosts
  • you need a simple iOS simulator for app development (use Xcode's simulator instead)
  • you cannot relax SIP/AMFI on your host machine
  • you need production-grade, officially supported iOS virtualization

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools security developer-tools operating-systems apple-ecosystem security cli ios-emulator virtualization-framework apple-silicon iphone vm-management custom-firmware dfu-restore pcc virtualization command-line macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Lakr233/vphone-climain82

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