idevice
Installation

CLI Tools

Install the idevice-tools command-line binary from source.

The idevice-tools CLI is in the tools crate. Install it from source:

Terminal
git clone https://github.com/jkcoxson/idevice.git
cd idevice
cargo install --path tools

This installs the idevice-tools binary along with several companion binaries:

  • idevice-tools — the main CLI
  • pair_host — pair a host with a device
  • pair_apple_tv — pair an Apple TV
  • idevice_id — list connected device UDIDs
  • iproxy — proxy local TCP connections to device services

Building from source

To build the entire workspace without installing:

Terminal
git clone https://github.com/jkcoxson/idevice.git
cd idevice
cargo build --release

To build with all features enabled:

Terminal
cargo build --release --all-features

Features

Choose which Cargo features to enable and configure the TLS backend.

FFI Bindings

Build C, C++, and Swift bindings for embedding in other languages.

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Building from source