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vphone-cli is an open-source macOS command-line tool for creating and running virtual iPhones with Apple's Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure. It targets Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later and automates the VM workflow from IPSW download and patching through DFU restore, custom firmware installation, and first boot. The tool supports multiple firmware patch variants, VM creation and management, SSH and VNC connections, IPA installation, and export/import or APFS cloning of VM bundles. Its host control socket provides programmatic screenshots, touch and swipe input, hardware-key events, and clipboard operations, with each action returning an inline screenshot; the repository also describes an MCP server named vphone-mcp for AI-driven end-to-end testing. Operation requires Xcode and the iOS SDK, several Homebrew dependencies, and macOS SIP/AMFI relaxation to permit the required private virtualization entitlements.

Roam Control is a source-available SwiftUI iPhone app for simulating reported device locations during location-based development, quality assurance, and personal testing on an iPhone the user owns and controls. It provides an Apple Maps interface for searching places with MapKit, entering coordinates, selecting map points, starting fixed locations, and previewing walking routes; active walks can be paused, resumed, reversed, or redirected, and locations can be saved as favourites or restored to the device's real position. The app pairs natively with the iPhone through LocalDevVPN. It stores an RPPairing record in the device-only Keychain, discovers the remote-pairing service, verifies the device identity, and opens an encrypted developer session to set or clear the simulated location. It is distributed as an IPA through GitHub Releases rather than the App Store or TestFlight and must be signed with SideStore or Xcode. The public beta requires iOS 27 or newer and Developer Mode. The current source is licensed under PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0; the earlier 0.9.0 Beta 1 release remains under the MIT License.

BetterVoice is an experimental, open-source macOS menu-bar app for local voice dictation with screen context. It transcribes speech locally and captures the full display whenever the user circles an area with the pointer, marking each capture with a blue pointer trail and pulse while preserving multiple references in order. The app inserts the transcript into the selected text field when macOS permits it and pastes captured images when both speech and screen context are available. It supports quick notes and long explanations, configurable microphones, dictation languages, circle-detection thresholds, and keyboard shortcuts. English uses a local Parakeet model by default, while other languages use a separately downloaded multilingual model; an optional English-only grammar-cleanup feature runs locally through quantized ONNX weights.

BlueFerry is experimental Linux software that connects a paired iPhone to a Linux desktop over Bluetooth, without a Mac relay, Apple login, cloud service, or subscription. It provides native GTK, KDE/Kirigami, Quickshell, and terminal clients for reading and sending SMS, RCS, and iMessage, starting conversations, syncing contacts, marking messages read, and optionally mirroring other iPhone notifications. Local message history can be encrypted with GNOME Keyring or KDE Wallet. It only receives messages observed while connected and does not download an iCloud Messages archive. Attachments, reactions, typing indicators, FaceTime, calls, and complete sent-message history are unsupported; group replies are disabled or require confirmation when Bluetooth does not provide enough participant information. The project distributes native packages for several Linux distributions and warns that changes to iPhone Bluetooth behavior could affect compatibility.