# majd/ipatool

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/majd/ipatool
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/majd-ipatool.md

## Topics

`apple` `appstore` `cli` `command-line` `command-line-tool` `go` `golang` `golang-library` `ios` `ipa` `itunes` `macos` `research` `reverse-engineering` `security` `swift` `tool`

## Description

ipatool is a command-line utility for searching, licensing, and downloading encrypted IPA application packages from the Apple App Store. It provides a terminal interface for managing account authentication and retrieving application metadata and version history for mobile and TV operating system apps.

The tool enables the acquisition of legal licenses for specific applications using unique bundle identifiers. It resolves the relationship between application identifiers and available version numbers to facilitate the sourcing of specific software versions.

The system covers application archive management, including the ability to search for applications via queries and platform filters, and the retrieval of encrypted application files through binary data streaming to a local filesystem.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [App Store and Package Downloaders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/app-store-and-package-downloaders.md) — Serves as a specialized utility for locating and downloading encrypted IPA packages from the Apple App Store. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool/blob/main/tools.go))

### Business & Productivity Software

- [App Store License Acquisition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/licensing-subscription-management/app-store-license-acquisition.md) — Acquires the necessary legal licenses for specific applications to enable their download from the App Store. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool#readme))

### Data & Databases

- [App Store Package Acquisition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/media-file-acquisition/app-store-package-acquisition.md) — Obtains encrypted IPA application packages from the App Store for testing or distribution.

### Mobile Development

- [App Store License Acquisition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/app-store-license-acquisition.md) — Provides the ability to acquire legal licenses for specific applications using bundle identifiers to enable encrypted IPA downloads. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool/blob/main/README.md))
- [Bundle-ID Resolvers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/bundle-path-resolution/bundle-id-resolvers.md) — Resolves the relationship between application bundle identifiers and their corresponding version records in the store.
- [iOS Application Sourcing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/ios-application-sourcing.md) — Finds and downloads specific versions of mobile apps using bundle identifiers and account authentication.
- [Mobile Application Packaging](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/mobile-infrastructure-security/mobile-application-packaging.md) — Provides utilities to fetch and manage encrypted application packages for mobile and TV operating systems.

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [App Store Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/app-store-managers.md) — Provides a command-line interface for searching and discovering applications on the Apple App Store. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool/blob/main/README.md))
- [Binary Package Streaming](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/binary-package-streaming.md) — Implements efficient binary data streaming to download large encrypted application packages to the local disk.

### Security & Cryptography

- [Authentication Token Caching](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/token-authentication/authentication-token-caching.md) — Caches authentication tokens locally to maintain sessions and authorize requests for protected store resources.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Build and Version Metadata](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/application-lifecycle-management/app-bootstrap-and-identity/application-information/application-metadata/build-and-version-metadata.md) — Parses store API responses to map application identifiers to specific build and version metadata.
- [App Store Metadata Retrievers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/specification-versioning/version-retrieval-utilities/app-store-metadata-retrievers.md) — Enables the retrieval of detailed application metadata and available version lists using bundle identifiers. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool/blob/main/README.md))
- [Version History Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/specification-versioning/version-retrieval-utilities/version-history-managers.md) — Lists and retrieves the historical sequence of available versions for a specific application. ([source](https://github.com/majd/ipatool#readme))