# watch-sim を Homebrew でインストール

watch-sim のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:watch-sim
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install watch-sim
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:watch-sim
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/watch-sim>
- **バージョン:** 1.0.0
- **ソース概要:** Command-line WatchKit application launcher
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim#readme>
- **ライセンス:** MIT
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim/archive/refs/tags/1.0.0.tar.gz>
- **生成日時:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- watch-sim (cli)
- watch-sim (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-07-08
- マネージャ版: 1.0.0
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim
- 検出された最新: 1.0.0 (最新)
- 情報: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

watch-sim is a small command-line launcher for WatchKit applications in the iOS Simulator. It belongs to the early Apple Watch development era, when running a WatchKit app from scripts or outside Xcode required knowing how the paired iPhone and watch simulator pieces fit together.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The upstream README describes watch-sim as a command-line WatchKit application launcher for the iOS Simulator and says it required an Xcode version with WatchKit support. At the time it was written, the tool had been used successfully with Xcode 6.2 beta 5 and Xcode 6.3 beta 1.

That places watch-sim in the 2015 WatchKit beta window. Apple released WatchKit with the iOS 8.2 and Xcode 6.2 betas in November 2014, and developers were still working through simulator and launch workflow issues during the Xcode 6.2 beta cycle.

### 採用の歴史

Public adoption evidence is thin, so watch-sim should be understood as a niche utility rather than a broad ecosystem tool. Its value was practical: early WatchKit developers wanted a command-line way to launch watch apps, especially for scripting, CI experiments, or avoiding repetitive Xcode simulator steps.

As Xcode and watchOS tooling matured, the need for a standalone WatchKit launcher narrowed. Apple's later watchOS transition documentation describes Xcode automatically creating schemes and launching separate Apple Watch and iOS simulators for watch app debugging, which reduced the space for one-off launcher helpers.

### 使われ方

The tool is used from the command line to launch a WatchKit app in the simulator after building it with an appropriate Xcode version. It is most relevant to old WatchKit projects and historical automation around Xcode 6-era simulator behavior.

For modern watchOS projects, developers normally use Xcode schemes, xcodebuild, and simctl-era workflows rather than watch-sim.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

watch-sim is package-nerd significant mostly as a fossil from early Apple Watch tooling. It shows how package managers often preserve tiny developer workflow tools long after platform vendors fold the same workflow into official IDE or simulator commands.

### タイムライン

- 2014-11: Apple released WatchKit with iOS 8.2 and Xcode 6.2 beta tooling for developers.
- 2015: watch-sim documented successful use with Xcode 6.2 beta 5 and Xcode 6.3 beta 1.
- Later watchOS tooling: Xcode gained more integrated watch app build, run, and debug behavior, making watch-sim a legacy niche utility.

### Related projects

- ios-sim is a related command-line launcher for iOS Simulator applications.
- xcrun simctl and Xcode schemes are the modern Apple-provided tooling around simulator installation and launch workflows.
- WatchKit and watchOS app targets are the Apple platform context for the tool.

### ソース

- <https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppleWatch2TransitionGuide/ConfiguretheXcodeProject.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ios-sim>
- <https://github.com/alloy/watch-sim>
- <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28597316/installing-a-watchkit-app-via-simctl>
- <https://www.macrumors.com/2014/11/18/apple-watchkit-ios-8-2/>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** watch-sim
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos, xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/watch-sim.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/watch-sim.yml)


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