Open Source Projects

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Revision as of 23:37, 15 November 2013 by Britta (talk | contribs) (license update)

This page is an attempt to catalogue most of the open source jailbreak projects available online.

If you've published a project that doesn't have a license, and you'd like people to be able to use your code if they want to, Choose A License may be helpful (including its list of options).

Tweaks

Also check out TweakWeek for a long list of relatively simple open source tweaks, organized by rpetrich.

Project Author Compatibility Updated (as of Nov 2013) License Short description
AirFloat trenskow iOS ? - 6 2013-07-13 BSD? AirPlay audio (AirTunes) for iOS
AlienBlueTags EthanArbuckle iOS 6 2013-11-06 ? adds Reddit user tagging to AlienBlue
AllowRotate rpetrich iOS ? 2010-10-03 ?
AnyLockApp nickfrey iOS 5 - 6 2012-02-04 ? change lockscreen camera shortcut
Appslide Xuzz iOS 4.2 - ? 2013-02-16 ? use home button to go back
AutocorrectionBar rpetrich iOS 4.3 - 5 2011-11-09 ? enable hidden keyboard feature
Boover jontelang iOS 5 - 6.1 2013-03-24 ? move icon badges
BrowserChooser rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2013-03-22 ? switch default browsers
ClearNotifications rpetrich iOS 5 - ? 2012-02-03 ? clear lock screen notifications with a swipe
Cydelete DHowett iOS 2 - 5 2011-10-09 ? delete Cydia apps from Springboard
Cydget (Cydget) saurik iOS 2.2 - 6.1 2013-03-22 BSD manage lockscreen plugins
DeepEnd rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-01-31 ? 3D effect for Springboard
DietBar rpetrich iOS 3 - 6 2012-06-23 ? shrink navigation bars
DietBulletins rpetrich iOS 4 - 6 2013-09-10 ? shrink notification bulletins
DisplayEffects rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2011-01-18 ? experimental effects for iOS
FastBlurredNotificationCenter rpetrich iOS 5 - ? 2012-03-03 GPL blurs notification center background
Five Icon Switcher Xuzz iOS 4 - ? 2011-09-24 ? five icons in app switcher
FullForce rpetrich iOS 3.2 - ? 2011-11-08 GPL force applications to show in iPad mode
FullWebClips Xuzz iOS ? 2011-07-21 ? make Web Clips fullscreen
Harlem Shake FilippoBiga iOS 6 2013-03-11 ? make SpringBoard icons dance
%hook's law Xuzz iOS 6 2013-02-16 ? makes animations springier
IconRenamer rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-10-16 ? rename icons from your SpringBoard
IconRotator rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2013-02-16 GPL Rotates icons
Internalizer Xuzz iOS ? 2011-07-22 ? Add text to your lockscreen
IPSlider BGerard iOS ? 2013-11-15 GPL 2 set "slide to unlock" message to IP address
ListLauncher rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-02-05 ? launch apps from Spotlight
LiveClock rpetrich iOS 3 - 6 2013-02-04 ? animated clock icon on SpringBoard
LivePaper rpetrich et al. iOS 4 - ? 2011-07-20 ? live wallpaper with plugins
LockSeconds conradev iOS ? 2012-06-02 ? add seconds to lockscreen clock
MapsOpener hbang iOS ? - 6 2013-05-22 GPL open Google Maps links in the Google Maps app
MathAlarm rpetrich iOS 4.2 - ? 2012-01-10 ? solve arithmetic problems to turn off alarm
MediaSpeak freemanrepo iOS ? 2012-04-15 ? speak currently playing song
MessageBox b3ll iOS 6 2013-05-02 BSD use Chat Heads outside Facebook app
MoreLinesNotificationCenter rpetrich iOS 5 - ? 2011-10-16 ? more lines in notification center
Multi-Slide rpetrich and InfectionFX iOS ? 2011-06-19 WTFPL multiple unlock sliders
MusicBanners rpetrich iOS 5 - ? 2012-04-08 GPL track change bulletins with album art in SpringBoard
NCPad hbang iOS ? - 6 2013-05-22 MIT resize notification banners to iPad screen width
NoClearHistory rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2010-09-29 ? don't allow clearing history
No Dots Xuzz iOS ? 2010-11-27 ? no page dots
NoNewsIsGoodNews rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2011-12-28 ? hide Newsstand icon
NoPasscodeBlock conradev iOS ? - 6 2013-02-05 ? prevent permanent passcode locking
NowNow nickfrey iOS ? - 6 2013-11-10 ? invoke Google Voice Search from anywhere
OpenNotifier n00neimp0rtant and Lunat1k iOS 3.2 - ? 2013-04-18 ? notification icons for your status bar
PagePusher rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-06-02 ? page-styled app animations
Pinnacle ProtoSphere iOS ? 2013-04-02 ? hold back button to go to top-level page
PostOffice b3ll iOS 6 2013-06-19 BSD forward iOS notifications to Google Glass
ProSwitcher rpetrich and chpwn iOS 3 - ? 2010-09-18 ? Palm Pre-style application switcher
PullToDismiss rpetrich iOS 3.2 - ? 2011-12-30 ? pull down to dismiss keyboard
QuickReply rpetrich iOS 2 - 4 2011-04-24 whatever quick reply for SMS
RotationInhibitor rpetrich iOS 3 - 6.1 2013-02-04 ? disable device rotation
RunningIndicator rpetrich iOS 4 - 6 2013-05-29 ? running app icons glow
SBCustomIcon rpetrich iOS ? 2009-02-09 ?
SearchClear conradev iOS ? 2012-06-24 ? clears the search field after a search
SliderBar rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2011-06-06 ? quick scrolling in all table views
SplitMail rpetrich iOS 3.2 - ? 2012-02-02 ? split-style iPad mail app in portrait
Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) sbingner iOS 3 - ? 2013-06-07 LGPL (Login: username "anonymous", no password. Web view.)
SwipeSelection freerunnering iOS 4 - 6 2013-04-20 ? edit text with keyboard gestures
SwipeShiftCaret r-plus iOS 4 - 6 2013-11-09 ISC edit text with keyboard gestures
SwitcherScape Xuzz iOS ? 2011-07-22 ? app switcher in landscape mode
SwitcherMod rpetrich and Optimo iOS 4 - ? 2011-12-31 ? customized app switcher
SwitchIcons rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2013-09-20 ? example tweak for Flipswitch
TapTapPass bd452 iOS 6 2013-10-10 ? gesture-based passcode toggle
TopographyForGoogleMaps rpetrich iOS 5.1 - ? 2012-12-25 ? enable hidden topography view
TypeStatus hbang iOS ? - 6 2013-09-25 Apache 2.0 iMessage typing indicators for the status bar
Unlock7 bushe iOS 6 2013-11-01 ? adds some iOS 7 lockscreen features to iOS 6
UserAgentFaker conradev iOS ? 2012-04-12 ? user agent faker for browsers
Uninstall Application Size Cykey iOS 6 2013-09-26 ? shows application size when prompting to uninstall
VAssistant coolstar iOS 5 - 5.1.1 2012-12-08 GPL 3
Veency saurik iOS ? - 6.1 2013-02-03 AGPL 3.0 VNC server
VideoPace rpetrich iOS 4.3 - 6 2013-08-04 ? increase speed of video playback
VoiceKeys rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-11-27 ? voice recognition using Google's service
WebGLEnabler rpetrich iOS 4.2 - ? 2011-07-24 ? Enable WebGL support in apps that use UIWebView
WebPreview rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2011-02-17 ? preview web links in a popup
Webscrollian Xuzz iOS ? 2011-07-28 ? faster scrolling for web content
WhatsApp LSeen TimeStamp iMokhles iOS 5 - 6 2013-09-03 ? toggle WhatsApp timestamp without waiting 24 hours
WiCarrier rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2012-04-07 GPL show WiFi network name/IP in place of carrier view
WifiSMS jlippold iOS 4 - 5 2012-04-08 ? iPhone webserver gateway for SMS
Winterboard saurik iOS 2 - 6.1 2013-09-07 BSD? advanced theming system

Applications

Project Author Compatibility Updated (as of Nov 2013) License Short description
Cydia saurik iOS 2 - 6 2012-09-21 Modified BSD Graphical APT frontend
MobileTerminal (multiple) iOS 3.2 - 6 2011-10-26 GPL 2 Terminal emulator
RecordMyScreen coolstar iOS 5 - 6 2013-07-22 MIT Screen Recorder
nds4ios (multiple) iOS 5 - 6 2013-11-11 ? Nintendo DS emulator
PPSSPP (multiple) iOS ? 2013-10-13 GPL PSP emulator

Tools

Project Source Author Compatibility Updated (As of Sep 2013) Short description
Airscan [1] Cykey ? 2013-08-12 iOS command-line WiFi scanner
CaptainHammer [2] rpetrich ? 2013-05-10 Simple debugging tools for iOS
Open [3] conradev ? 2013-07-24 Open apps from shell on iOS
Theos [4] DHowett ? 2013-08-20 Unified cross-platform iPhone Makefile system

Developer libraries

Project Source Author Compatibility Updated (As of Sep 2013) Short description
AppList [5] rpetrich ? 2013-08-17 Allow extensions to read the list of installed apps
BTstack [6] mringwal iOS 3 - 6 2013-04-09 Bluetooth stack with SDP, RFCOMM, and, L2CAP APIs
Flipswitch [7] rpetrich and Jack Willis ? 2013-08-29 Centralized toggle system for iOS
HidSupport [8] mringwal iOS 3 - 6 2013-05-07 Key and touch injection library
IconSupport [9] Sakurina, chpwn, ashikase iOS 3 - 6 2013-08-22 Safe icon support library
Libactivator [10] rpetrich ? 2012-06-05 Centralized gestures and button management
LibDisplay [11] freerunnering ? 2013-02-07 Manage display stacks (pre-iOS 6) and manage running applications
Libdisplaystack [12] Zimm ? 2010-12-30
Libhide [13] BigBoss ? 2011-10-13 A library for hiding icons from Springboard
Libstatusbar [14] phoenix3200 ? 2013-02-07 Custom statusbar icon library
PreferenceLoader [15] DHowett ? 2013-05-10 Allows developers to add entries to Settings.app
SearchLoader [16] theiostream ? 2013-07-22 Loads search bundles