ipsw

iOS/macOS Research Swiss Army Knife

What is ipsw 🤔

• IPSW downloader/exploder
• OTA downloader/exploder
• macho parser
• ObjC class-dump
• Swift class-dump 🚧
• dyld_shared_cache parser
• kernelcache parser
• img4 parser/decrypter
• device-tree parser
• ARM v8.5-a disassember
• research tool
• otool wannabe
• objdump wannabe
• jtool wannabe

Install

❯ brew install blacktop/tap/ipsw

Getting Started

❯ ipsw

Download and Parse IPSWs

Usage:
  ipsw [command]

Available Commands:
  device-list     List all iOS devices
  disass          Disassemble ARM binaries at address or symbol
  download        Download and parse IPSW(s) from the internets
  dtree           Parse DeviceTree
  dyld            Parse dyld_shared_cache
  extract         Extract kernelcache, dyld_shared_cache or DeviceTree from IPSW
  help            Help about any command
  iboot           Dump firmwares
  img4            Parse Img4
  info            Display IPSW Info
  kernel          Parse kernelcache
  macho           Parse a MachO file
  ota             Extract file(s) from OTA
  version         Print the version number of ipsw

Flags:
  -h, --help      help for ipsw
  -V, --verbose   verbose output

Use "ipsw [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Documentation

• https://blacktop.github.io/ipsw

Credit

Big shout out to Jonathan Levin's amazing books and his legendary jtool

License

MIT Copyright (c) 2018-2021 blacktop