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Install ios-sim with Homebrew

Command-line application launcher for the iOS Simulator. Version 9.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install ios-sim

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Command-line application launcher for the iOS Simulator

Commands and aliases

  • ios-sim

history

Project history and usage

ios-sim is a command-line launcher for the iOS Simulator. Its README and package metadata present it as a CLI for installing, launching, and querying simulator apps and device types from scripts.

Project history

The repository dates to 2010, and package.json names Shazron Abdullah as author. Early ios-sim filled a practical gap before Apple's simulator tooling became friendlier to automation: launch a built app into the simulator without driving Xcode's GUI.

Later releases moved the user-facing command surface into an oclif-style Node CLI while still centering on simulator launch/install tasks. The README shows version 9.0.0 usage, commands such as install, launch, showdevicetypes, showsdks, and start, and npm installation as the first usage example.

Adoption history

ios-sim was distributed through npm as well as Homebrew. npm registry metadata shows publication beginning in 2013 with dozens of versions, while the Homebrew formula packages the 9.0.0 tag as an all-platform bottle because the package itself is a JavaScript CLI wrapper around macOS simulator tooling.

How it is used

The tool is used to start the simulator, install an app bundle, launch an app bundle with arguments or environment variables, list device types, and list SDKs. Those operations made it useful to Cordova-era and CI scripts that needed simulator control without a full Xcode UI session.

Why package nerds care

ios-sim is a good package-catalog fossil: it captures the period when JavaScript mobile toolchains wrapped Apple developer tools to make iOS builds testable from npm scripts and CI jobs. Its value is less about a complex algorithm than about packaging a repeatable CLI facade over Apple's simulator.

Timeline

  • 2010: GitHub repository created and version 1.0 tag appears in the Git history.
  • 2013: npm package publication began.
  • 2020: Version 9.0.0 tag used by Homebrew as the stable source archive.
  • 2022: npm registry metadata records later package modification after the 9.0.0 line.

Related projects

  • ios-sim sits beside ios-deploy in the ios-control organization: ios-sim targets the simulator, while ios-deploy targets physical devices. It also relates to Apple's Simulator.app and simctl tooling.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ios-simcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version9.0.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected9.0.0

https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ios-sim
Version9.0.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ios-sim
Homepagehttps://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim
Upstream docshttps://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim/archive/refs/tags/9.0.0.tar.gz
Dependenciesnode
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameios-sim
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Requirements
  • macos
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • ios-simSame normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: ios, ios-sim, line, sim, simulator.

Same workflow

  • ios-deployShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios, mobile-development.
  • ipapatchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios, mobile-development.
  • ipatoolShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios, mobile-development.
  • react-native-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios, mobile-development.
  • rswiftShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios, mobile-development.
  • kdoctorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mobile-development.
  • ios-simSame normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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