macOS
brew install libimobiledevicelocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install libimobiledeviceMacPorts ports tree · devel/libimobiledevice/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libimobiledevice in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install libimobiledevicelocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install libimobiledeviceMacPorts ports tree · devel/libimobiledevice/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add libimobiledeviceAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libimobiledevice · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install libimobiledeviceFedora Rawhide package metadata · libimobiledevice · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#libimobiledevicenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libimobiledevice/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S libimobiledeviceArch Linux sync databases · libimobiledevice · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-1.0-6Debian stable package indexes · libimobiledevice-1.0-6 · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-devUbuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · libimobiledevice-dev · Quelle: archive.ubuntu.com
sudo zypper install imobiledevice-toolsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · imobiledevice-tools · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Library to communicate with iOS devices natively
Verlauf
libimobiledevice is the core C library and tool suite for talking to iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Apple TV, and related iOS-family devices using native protocols. It is one of the canonical open source answers to using Apple mobile devices from Linux and other non-iTunes environments.
The project README says development began in August 2007 with the goal of bringing support for Apple mobile devices to the Linux desktop. The project site describes the original motivation more pointedly: iTunes was not available for Linux, so libiphone was created and later became libimobiledevice to let Linux systems communicate with Apple devices.
The library grew from device discovery and file access into a wider service layer: pairing, AFC filesystem access, backup and restore, diagnostics, screenshots, syslog relay, provisioning, debug services, developer disk image mounting, and other native device services. The 1.3.0 release was part of a June 15, 2020 release round that also included usbmuxd, libplist, libirecovery, idevicerestore, ifuse, and related projects.
Version 1.4.0, released on October 10, 2025, was labeled a development release with plans for more frequent releases. Its notes included MbedTLS support, reverse proxy work, wireless pairing for Apple TV, iOS 17+ personalized developer disk image mounting, new tools, and API additions.
libimobiledevice became a dependency hub for Linux desktop integration, package-manager utilities, mobile-device automation, and restore workflows. Its own README lists testing on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android, and the project site cites integration by community projects and larger deployments handling more than 10,000 devices.
Users usually meet the package through tools such as idevice_id, ideviceinfo, idevicepair, idevicebackup2, ideviceimagemounter, idevicescreenshot, idevicesyslog, and afcclient. Developers use the library when they need Apple-device protocols without linking to Apple proprietary libraries or requiring jailbreaks.
For package maintainers, libimobiledevice is important because it coordinates a small ecosystem of tightly related libraries: libplist for property lists, libusbmuxd and usbmuxd for USB multiplexing, libimobiledevice-glue for shared helpers, libirecovery for recovery-mode communication, and idevicerestore for firmware workflows. Keeping these versions aligned is the package-manager puzzle.
Sicherheitslage
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
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Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
afcclient | cli | globales Executable | |
idevice_id | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicebackup | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicebackup2 | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicebtlogger | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicecrashreport | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicedate | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicedebug | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicedebugserverproxy | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicedevmodectl | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicediagnostics | cli | globales Executable | |
ideviceenterrecovery | cli | globales Executable | |
ideviceimagemounter | cli | globales Executable | |
ideviceinfo | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicename | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicenotificationproxy | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicepair | cli | globales Executable | |
ideviceprovision | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicescreenshot | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicesetlocation | cli | globales Executable | |
idevicesyslog | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:libimobiledevice |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libimobiledevice |
| Homepage | https://www.libimobiledevice.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice#readme |
| Lizenz | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/releases/download/1.4.0/libimobiledevice-1.4.0.tar.bz2 |
| Abhängigkeiten | libimobiledevice-glue, libplist, libtasn1, libtatsu, libusbmuxd, openssl@3 |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libimobiledevice |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
libimobiledevice-1.0-6 1.3.0+git20250228-2
Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-1.0-6libimobiledevice-dev 1.3.0+git20250228-2
Development files for libimobiledevice
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-devlibimobiledevice-doc 1.3.0+git20250228-2
Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices (documentation)
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-doclibimobiledevice-utils 1.3.0+git20250228-2
Utitilies for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-utilspython3-imobiledevice 1.3.0+git20250228-2
Python 3 bindings for communicating with iPhone and other Apple device
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install python3-imobiledevicelibimobiledevice
nix profile install nixpkgs#libimobiledevicelibimobiledevice-dev 1.3.0-8.1build3
Development files for libimobiledevice
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-devlibimobiledevice-doc 1.3.0-8.1build3
Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices (documentation)
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-doclibimobiledevice-utils 1.3.0-8.1build3
Utitilies for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice-utilslibimobiledevice6 1.3.0-8.1build3
Library for communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install libimobiledevice6python3-imobiledevice 1.3.0-8.1build3
Python 3 bindings for communicating with iPhone and other Apple device
https://www.libimobiledevice.org/
sudo apt install python3-imobiledevicelibimobiledevice 1.4.0-r0
Library that talks iPhone and iPod Touch protocols on Linux
sudo apk add libimobiledevicelibimobiledevice-dev 1.4.0-r0
Library that talks iPhone and iPod Touch protocols on Linux (development files)
sudo apk add libimobiledevice-devlibimobiledevice-doc 1.4.0-r0
Library that talks iPhone and iPod Touch protocols on Linux (documentation)
sudo apk add libimobiledevice-doclibimobiledevice-progs 1.4.0-r0
Tools that talks iPhone and iPod Touch devices' protocols on Linux
sudo apk add libimobiledevice-progslibimobiledevice 1.4.0-4.fc45
Library for connecting to mobile devices
sudo dnf install libimobiledeviceQuellspur
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