# 使用 Homebrew, winget 安装 bluepill

查看 bluepill 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:bluepill
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bluepill
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Ukhirani.Bp -e
```

  证据: Windows Package Manager source index: Ukhirani.Bp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:bluepill
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bluepill>
- **版本:** 5.13.0
- **来源摘要:** Testing tool for iOS that runs UI tests using multiple simulators
- **主页:** <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill>
- **上游文档:** <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill#readme>
- **许可证:** BSD-2-Clause
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill.git>
- **已生成:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00

## 可执行文件

- bluepill (cli)
- bp (cli)
- bluepill (别名)
- bp (别名)

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-07-26
- 管理器版本: 5.13.0
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill
- 信息: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 信息: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 项目历史与用法

Bluepill is an iOS test runner created at LinkedIn to run large XCTest and UI-test suites across multiple simulators on one Mac. It became a recognizable package for iOS CI teams because it attacked the slow, flaky simulator-test problem before Apple's own parallel-test story was mature.

### 项目历史

LinkedIn open-sourced Bluepill in January 2017 after building it to run its large iOS test suite in a reasonable amount of time. The README describes its core features: parallel simulator execution, automatic test grouping, headless mode, junit reports, retry behavior, and simulator crash or hang recovery.

The project was originally published under LinkedIn's GitHub organization and later lives under MobileNativeFoundation. Its tags show a long 5.x release line, and the README tracks supported Xcode versions with branches for older Xcode releases.

### 采用历史

Bluepill found adoption among iOS teams that needed faster CI feedback without rewriting tests. The README explicitly documents Homebrew installation, release binaries, Fastlane plugin integrations, and a Bitrise build/test step, showing that usage spread through common mobile CI packaging channels.

The surrounding ecosystem included Redpill and other Fastlane plugins, plus Bitrise support, which let teams wire Bluepill into existing build pipelines rather than treating it as a standalone experiment.

### 使用方式

A typical workflow builds an app and test bundle with xcodebuild build-for-testing, then invokes bluepill with the generated .xctestrun file and an output directory. The tool can also read a JSON configuration file via -c/--config, but the README documents this as a user-supplied file rather than a fixed config path.

Operationally, Bluepill matters because it packs tests into simulator groups, controls retry behavior, collects junit output, and can run headless to reduce resource use on CI machines.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Bluepill is significant because it packages a hard local-platform problem: reproducible iOS simulator parallelism. For package nerds, it is a case study in a CLI wrapping Xcode artifacts, Simulator behavior, junit reporting, and CI integration into something installable with Homebrew.

It also marks a particular era of iOS infrastructure, when teams combined xctool, FBSimulatorControl ideas, Fastlane plugins, and custom runners to make Apple-platform testing scale in CI.

### 时间线

- 2017: LinkedIn open-sourced Bluepill and published early v0.x tags.
- 2017: README credits inspiration from parallel_ios_tests, Facebook xctool, and FBSimulatorControl.
- 2017-2018: Fastlane and Bitrise integrations appeared around the project ecosystem.
- 2024: Official repository metadata and tags show continued releases through the 5.x line, including Xcode 15.1-era work.

### Related projects

- parallel_ios_tests inspired the project.
- Facebook xctool and FBSimulatorControl are credited by the README as inspirations.
- Fastlane plugins such as Redpill, fastlane-plugin-bluepill, Bluepillar, and XBluepill integrated Bluepill into mobile release workflows.
- Bitrise's Bluepill Build/Test for iOS step connected it to hosted CI.

### 来源

- <https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2017/01/open-sourcing-bluepill--run-ios-tests-in-multiple-simulators>
- <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill#readme>
- <https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/bluepill/releases>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bluepill
- **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

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- winget - Ukhirani.Bp: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Ukhirani.Bp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Combined YAML source

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


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- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
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- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph