Open Source Projects

From iPhone Development Wiki

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

Tweaks

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

Xuzz (chpwn) has a repository with a bunch of tiny tweaks: FaceForward, appslide, Covert, Empty Folder Icons, Firebreak, Five Icon Switcher, FullWebClips, Hook's Law, No Badges, No Bookmarks, No Dots, No Folder Badges.

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 ?
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 2.0 - 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
FullForce rpetrich iOS 3.2 - ? 2011-11-08 GPL force applications to show in iPad mode
Harlem Shake FilippoBiga iOS 6 2013-03-11 ? make SpringBoard icons dance
IconRenamer rpetrich iOS 4 - ? 2011-10-16 ? rename icons from your SpringBoard
IconRotator rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2013-02-16 GPL Rotates icons
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, 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 the width of the iPad screen
NoClearHistory rpetrich iOS 3 - ? 2010-09-29 ? don't allow clearing history
NoNewsIsGoodNews rpetrich iOS 5 - 6 2011-12-28 ? hide Newsstand icon
NoPasscodeBlock conradev iOS ? - 6 2013-02-05 ? prevent permanent passcode locking
OpenNotifier n00neimp0rtant, 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
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 5.0 - 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
WhatsApp LSeen TimeStamp iMokhles iOS 5.0 - 6 2013-09-03 ? turn WhatsApp timestamp on/off 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 2.0 - 6.1 2013-09-07 BSD? advanced theming system

Applications

Project Author Compatibility Updated (as of Sep 2013) Short description
Cydia saurik iOS 2 - 6 ? Graphical APT frontend
MobileTerminal (multiple) ? ? Terminal emulator
RecordMyScreen coolstar iOS 5 - 6 ? Screen Recorder
nds4ios (multiple) ? ? Nintendo DS emulator
PPSSPP (multiple) ? ? 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
Flipswitch [6] rpetrich and Jack Willis ? 2013-08-29 Centralized toggle system for iOS
HidSupport [7] mringwal 3.0-6.x 2013-05-07 Key and touch injection library
IconSupport [8] Sakurina, chpwn, ashikase iOS 3-6 2013-08-22 Safe icon support library
Libactivator [9] rpetrich ? 2012-06-05 Centralized gestures and button management
LibDisplay [10] freerunnering ? 2013-02-07 Manage display stacks (pre-iOS 6) and manage running applications
Libdisplaystack [11] Zimm ? 2010-12-30
Libhide [12] BigBoss ? 2011-10-13 A library for hiding icons from Springboard
Libstatusbar [13] phoenix3200 ? 2013-02-07 Custom statusbar icon library
PreferenceLoader [14] DHowett ? 2013-05-10 Allows developers to add entries to Settings.app
SearchLoader [15] theiostream ? 2013-07-22 Loads search bundles