ipsw
iOS/macOS Research Swiss Army Knife
What is ipsw π€
- IPSW downloader/exploder
- OTA downloader/exploder
- macho parser
- ObjC class-dump
- Swift class-dump π§
- dyld_shared_cache parser
- kernelcache parser
- img4 parser/decrypter
- device-tree parser
- ARM v9-a disassember
- research tool
Install
macOS
brew install blacktop/tap/ipswLinux
sudo snap install ipswWindows
scoop bucket add blacktop https://github.com/blacktop/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install blacktop/ipswGetting Started
β― ipsw
Download and Parse IPSWs (and SO much more)
Usage:
ipsw [command]
Available Commands:
appstore Interact with the App Store Connect API
device-list List all iOS devices
diff Diff IPSWs
download Download Apple Firmware files (and more)
dtree Parse DeviceTree
dyld Parse dyld_shared_cache
ent Search IPSW filesystem DMG for MachOs with a given entitlement
extract Extract kernelcache, dyld_shared_cache or DeviceTree from IPSW/OTA
help Help about any command
iboot Dump firmwares
idev USB connected device commands
img4 Parse Img4
info Display IPSW/OTA Info
kernel Parse kernelcache
macho Parse MachO
mdevs List all MobileDevices in IPSW
mount Mount DMG from IPSW
ota Parse OTAs
plist Dump plist as JSON
sepfw Dump MachOs
ssh SSH into a jailbroken device
symbolicate Symbolicate ARM 64-bit crash logs (similar to Apple's symbolicatecrash)
update Download an ipsw update if one exists
version Print the version number of ipsw
watch Watch Github Commits
Flags:
--color colorize output
--config string config file (default is $HOME/.config/ipsw/config.yaml)
-h, --help help for ipsw
-V, --verbose verbose output
Use "ipsw [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Documentation
graph TD
A[Download] --> B[Extract]
B --> C[Parse]
C --> D[Dump]
D --> E[Search]
E --> F[Symbolicate]
Community
You have questions, need support and or just want to talk about ipsw?
Here are ways to get in touch with the ipsw community:
Credit
Big shout out to Jonathan Levin's amazing books and his legendary jtool
License
MIT Copyright (c) 2018-2023 blacktop