# Lakr233/vphone-cli

Repository: https://github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vphone-cli
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T09:19:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 188, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 20}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8071, forks 1162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.456555+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, security
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, apple-ecosystem, security
- platform: cli
- tags: ios-emulator, virtualization-framework, apple-silicon, iphone, vm-management, custom-firmware, dfu-restore, pcc, virtualization, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- Lakr233/vphone-cli (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.456555+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 2026-08-29T17:31:21.360986+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Lakr233/vphone-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.456555+00:00, sha 49541d997761)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.