installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install ipatool

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install ipatool

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/ipatool/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ipatool

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ip/ipatool/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopvérifié · 92%

scoop install main/ipatool

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/ipatool.json · Source: api.github.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

CLI tool for searching and downloading app packages from the iOS App Store

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

ipatool

historique

Historique du projet et usages

ipatool is Majd Alfhaily's command-line tool for searching the iOS App Store and downloading IPA app packages. It became a prominent package-manager item because it exposes App Store package retrieval as scriptable CLI commands instead of a GUI-only workflow.

Historique du projet

The project reached a v1.0.0 release in May 2021 as a CLI for searching and downloading iOS App Store packages. Its README defines the core workflow around App Store authentication, search, purchase/license acquisition, and download commands.

The 2.x line broadened the tool's practical scope. Release notes show fixes for Apple-side authentication changes, support for downloading by app ID, restoration of purchase behavior, older-version download support through external version IDs, and dynamic auth endpoint handling.

Historique d'adoption

ipatool's adoption is unusually high for this batch: the GitHub repository has thousands of stars and packaging across Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop in the supplied package metadata. The project also ships binaries for several operating systems through GitHub releases.

Its popularity tracks a real gap in Apple's ecosystem: developers, archivists, testers, and power users often need reproducible IPA acquisition for apps their Apple ID can access, while Apple's official tooling is tied to graphical or platform-specific flows.

Modes d'utilisation

Users authenticate with `ipatool auth`, search App Store listings with `ipatool search`, obtain a license with `ipatool purchase`, and download packages with `ipatool download`. The README documents text and JSON output modes, non-interactive operation, and platform selection for search.

The wiki FAQ documents an important limitation for Apple Silicon Mac sideloading: Apple stopped serving macOS-compatible sinf data for app packages, so users may still retrieve an iOS app package but need other device-side or signing steps for some workflows.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

ipatool is package-nerd catnip because it packages a cloudy, account-bound store protocol behind a familiar CLI surface. Its value is not just the binary: it encodes App Store endpoint behavior, storefront metadata, authentication, and download workflows that can break when Apple changes server behavior.

The formula's significance is also operational. A one-command install makes ipatool usable in scripts, CI experiments, archival workflows, and repeatable troubleshooting without asking each user to build a Go project.

Chronologie

2021-05-22: v1.0.0 marked the initial public release.
2021-06-08: v1.0.4 added iTunes Store region selection.
2022-12-08: The GitHub wiki home page was edited with FAQ navigation.
2025-01-21: v2.1.5 added downloading by app ID and fixed authentication affecting search and download.
2025-02-10: v2.1.6 fixed the purchase command after Apple-side API changes.
2025-06-10: v2.2.0 added older-version download support with external version IDs.
2026-02-16: v2.3.0 resolved auth endpoint selection dynamically and added resumable incomplete downloads.

Related projects

Related workflows include Apple's App Store services, IPA signing and sideloading tools, device-management tooling, and package archives. ipatool is distinct from patchers such as ipapatch because it obtains app packages rather than modifying them.
Its package ecosystem spans Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop, which makes it a cross-platform CLI rather than a macOS-only helper.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Classificateur de risque

risque blue · confiance moyen · tool

Pourquoi

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signaux

text:download

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`ipatool`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-08

version du gestionnaire2.3.1

gestionnaire mis à jour2026-07-05

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectéev2.3.1

https://github.com/majd/ipatool

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métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:ipatool
Version	2.3.1
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ipatool
Page d'accueil	https://github.com/majd/ipatool
Dépôt	https://github.com/majd/ipatool
Docs amont	https://github.com/majd/ipatool#readme
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/majd/ipatool/archive/refs/tags/v2.3.1.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour	2026-07-05T23:53:13Z
Pulse	updated
Dépendances de compilation	go
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ipatool
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	head stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Nix95%

ipatool

nix profile install nixpkgs#ipatool

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Ipatool

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ip/ipatool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

ipatool

sudo port install ipatool

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Ipatool

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ipatool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/ipatool

scoop install main/ipatool

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Ipatool

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ipatool.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ipatool.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer ipatool avec Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop