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    claration/impactor

    #136 this week

    Cross-platform & feature rich iOS/iPadOS/tvOS sideloading application. Formerly known as PlumeImpactor.

    ios
    altstore
    ipa
    ipados
    livecontainer
    sideload
    Rust
    MIT
    3.6K stars
    253 forks
    3.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 24, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #136 of 3,103 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 4%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 6 days ago, with 35 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +40 stars on Feb 24, coincided with release v2.1.1.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a cross-platform application for sideloading iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS apps using Apple ID for signing and installation.
    • Enables seamless sideloading on macOS, Linux, and Windows with advanced features like tweak injection and automatic certificate management.
    • Use for installing and signing custom or third-party iOS apps without a paid Apple Developer account.
    • Use for generating and managing pairing files to enable remote device communication for apps like SideStore and LiveContainer.
    • Use for injecting tweaks and custom binaries into iOS apps to enable advanced modifications and development testing.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Open-source, cross-platform, and feature rich iOS sideloading application. Supporting macOS, Linux^1, and Windows^2.


    Auto-refresh will not work the same as it would on other platforms like macOS/Windows, due to usbmuxd lacking WiFi connectivity so it will attempt to do it automatically only when a device is plugged in, we are looking for a proper solution though.

    Visit releases and get the latest version for your computer.

    Excerpt from the claration/impactor README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 9: +24Aug 10: +17Aug 11: +19Aug 12: +12Aug 13: +9Sep 6: +18Sep 7: +5

    +785 stars over 86 days across 15 snapshot days; best day +24 on Aug 9.

    Forks

    253+87

    Open issues

    49+10

    Compared with peers in iOS

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 18, by 7-day star growth

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