vphone-cli
Creates and runs a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac using Apple's Virtualization framework. The description is empty, so this is based on the readme opening.
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Overview
vphone-cli creates and runs a virtual iPhone on an Apple Silicon Mac. It builds on Apple's Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure. A self-contained VPhone.bundle handles firmware preparation, restore and VM control, and a launchpad app installs the bundle and guides you through creating and running a VM. Version 2.x applies the full firmware patch set with no selectable variants.
Key features
- Runs a virtual iPhone on Apple Silicon Macs
- Uses Virtualization.framework and PCC research VM infrastructure
- VPhone.bundle covers firmware preparation, restore and VM control
- vphone-launchpad guides VM creation and startup
- Applies one complete firmware patch set in 2.x
Best for
Researchers and developers who want an iPhone VM on a Mac. The recommended host setup changes macOS security settings in Recovery, so read the host setup guide first.
- Upstream
- Lakr233/vphone-cli
- Fork on GitHub
- Guo-astro/vphone-cli
- Upstream stars
- 15k
- Category
- Apps and everyday utilities
- License
- WTFPL
- Forked
- 2026-03-01
- Sync status
- Status unknown
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