libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

Features

• Device Communication Protocols - Implements native communication protocols for interacting with iOS device services without proprietary libraries.
• iOS Service Emulation - Implements proprietary device communication protocols in C to interact with iOS system services without using official libraries.
• Backup and Recovery - Creates and restores native device backups that remain compatible with standard system and desktop backup utilities.
• Apple Property Lists - Implements a dedicated parser to read and write Apple property list files across binary, XML, and JSON formats.
• Property File Parsers - Reads and writes property list files across binary, XML, JSON, and OpenStep formats with automatic input detection.
• Device Backups - Creates and restores native device backups compatible with standard desktop recovery utilities.
• Filesystem Mounts - Mounts device contents as a local filesystem to browse and manage stored files.
• Property List Parsers - Implements a property list parser to read and write data across binary, XML, and JSON formats.
• iOS Filesystem Managers - Provides capabilities to read and write data by accessing the device filesystem and documents through file sharing applications.
• System Settings Managers - Provides interfaces for modifying system settings and hardware control parameters on iOS devices.
• Firmware Flashing Protocols - Implements low-level communication protocols to trigger recovery modes and flash official firmware images to the device bootloader.
• Firmware Recovery Tools - Upgrades or restores official firmware images to a device using native recovery protocols.
• Provisioning Profiles - Manages certificates and provisioning profiles to authorize application installation on physical iOS devices.
• iOS Device Management - Enables comprehensive control of iOS hardware and software, including application and system settings management.
• Device Activation Services - Executes the official activation process required for the iOS device to function.
• Device Pairing Protocols - Manages cryptographic handshakes and pairing records to establish trusted relationships between the host computer and the device.
• Device and Environment Metadata - Fetches system information and modifies specific device settings from the iOS runtime environment.
• Cross-Device Synchronization - Manages the synchronization of contacts, calendars, notes, and bookmarks across the device and host systems.
• Remote Debugging - Establishes debug connections and proxies to perform remote application and web engine debugging on the device.
• Application Installers - Provides capabilities to install and remove applications residing on the device to control available software.
• User Data Syncing Utilities - Syncs and modifies user data including contacts, calendars, notes, and bookmarks stored on the device.
• Remote Debugging Bridges - Creates network interfaces that stream application state and system logs from iOS devices to a local debugger.
• Device Health Diagnostics - Retrieves crash reports and diagnostic logs to assess the operational health of iOS devices.
• Connection Multiplexing - Routes multiple simultaneous communication streams to a single device using a background daemon for shared access.
• Proxy Tunnels - Creates a network bridge that forwards traffic from a host debugger to a remote application running on the device.
• Wireless Connectivity Tools - Enables network-based bridges to access iOS devices over Wi-Fi instead of physical USB connections.
• Transport Abstraction Layers - Abstracts the physical connection layer to allow the same communication protocols to work over both USB and Wi-Fi.
• Application Debugging Tools - Provides utilities for troubleshooting and diagnosing iOS applications via system output and remote connections.
• Output Capture Utilities - Relays system logs and captures screen output for diagnostic and monitoring purposes.
• IoT Networking Protocols - Library for communicating with Apple iOS devices.
• Build Systems - A library for communicating with Apple mobile devices.
• General Libraries - Library for communicating with Apple mobile devices.
• General Purpose Libraries - Library for communicating with mobile devices.
• Communication and Protocols - Library for communicating with Apple devices over USB.
• Windows Environments - Listed in the “Windows Environments” section of the Awesome C awesome list.
• Mobile Security Assessment - Library for communicating with iOS devices.

Star history