# XcodeGhostSource/XcodeGhost

"XcodeGhost" Source

Repository: https://github.com/XcodeGhostSource/XcodeGhost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xcodeghost
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2015-09-22T18:06:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4002, "days_push": 3998, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1925, forks 783 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.490736+00:00)

## What it is
The published source code of XcodeGhost, the infamous 2015 malware that spread through a compromised Xcode build configuration and infected iOS apps on the App Store. It is archived purely as a historical/security-research artifact; the author shut down its servers and the code is dead.

## Use cases
- study how the XcodeGhost supply-chain attack worked
- analyze malware that harvested basic app and device info from iOS apps
- research compromised Xcode build configuration attacks
- teach iOS supply-chain security lessons
- compare the source against infected app samples from 2015

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher studying historical iOS supply-chain malware
- you need reference source code for the XcodeGhost incident
- you are teaching or writing about App Store malware history

## When to avoid
- you want a usable or maintained tool - the code is dead and has no license
- you need a defensive security product rather than malware source
- you cannot safely handle malware source code in an isolated environment

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, reverse-engineering
- domain: security, apple-ecosystem, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: malware, malware-source, xcode, supply-chain-attack, ios, objective-c, security-research, historical, macos

## Member repositories
- XcodeGhostSource/XcodeGhost (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.490736+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 2026-08-30T03:09:21.309228+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/XcodeGhostSource/XcodeGhost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.490736+00:00, sha 6aacb92d4600)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.