# Install ios-sim with npm

launch iOS apps into the iOS Simulator from the command line (Xcode 8.0+). Version 9.0.0 via npm; verified 2020-03-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:ios-sim
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g ios-sim
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:ios-sim
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/ios-sim>
- **Version:** 9.0.0
- **Source summary:** launch iOS apps into the iOS Simulator from the command line (Xcode 8.0+)
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/ios-sim/-/ios-sim-9.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim/issues>
- **Published:** 2020-03-03T03:33:02.350Z
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-03T03:33:02.350Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- ios-sim (cli)

## Dependencies

- @oclif/command
- @oclif/config
- @oclif/errors
- @oclif/plugin-help
- bplist-parser
- debug
- nopt
- plist
- simctl

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @babel/preset-env
- @babel/runtime
- @oclif/dev-cli
- @oclif/test
- acorn
- babel-jest
- codecov
- eslint
- eslint-config-oclif
- eslint-config-standard
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-jest
- eslint-plugin-node
- eslint-plugin-promise
- eslint-plugin-standard
- jest
- jest-junit
- mock-fs
- stdout-stderr

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 9.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2020-03-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ios-sim. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 9.0.0, Maintenance: 6.1.3, Next: 9.0.0-dev.4
- **Version Count:** 41
- **Maintainers:** ivhernandez, gabebear, erisu, brodybits, shazron, purplecabbage, dpogue, macdonst, bowserj, stevegill, jcesarmobile, filmaj
- **Author:** Shazron Abdullah
- **Publisher:** shazron
- **Engines:** Node: >=8
- **Integrity:** sha512-W/SXLL0jbwzErlqghkfBGI9aYTqN6+DAgwForT8O0r2yB4V4AWljAByx8GbMyzTyKnHAQvxpBCgp4PrSwoSCtQ==
- **Shasum:** 5f92bb49d032b38278fbed582df2b5f624b127f4
- **Unpacked Size:** 44,964
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2013-07-21T19:32:43.983Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2020-03-03T03:33:02.350Z
- **Modified At:** 2022-06-19T02:16:07.937Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [ios-sim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ios-sim/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, development, ios.
- [ios-deploy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/ios-deploy/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: apps, cli, developer, developer-tools, development.
- [native-run](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/native-run/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: apps, bplist, bplist-parser, cli, debug.
- [ios-sim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ios-sim/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph