Alternatives to ipatool
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. ipatool itself: install ipatool.
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
cheat
cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options
Mac-CLI
macOS command line tool for developers – The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. It provides a huge set of command line commands that automatize the u
displayplacer
macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS
icloudpd
A command-line tool to download photos from iCloud
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
youplot
A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
samply
Command-line sampling profiler for macOS, Linux, and Windows
ios-deploy
Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
pipdeptree
A command line utility to display dependency tree of the installed Python packages
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
noseyparker
Nosey Parker is a command-line tool that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history
Retroactive
Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and mac
bat-extras
Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools
krane
A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the result
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
jq
Command-line JSON processor
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than ipatool — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
ipatool is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.