a cli tool to patch IPAs and their plugins, fixing problems with the share sheet, widgets, VPNs, and more!
it uses zxPluginsInject by default, which is a rewrite of choco's original patch.
due to being written in go and having native load command injection, it's fully cross-compatible with macOS, linux, and iOS! (windows untested, but it should work correctly from v2.1.0)
you can find the latest binaries on the release page.
ipapatch only has 1 external dependency: the zip command. ipapatch actually could be adjusted to not require it, but it would break some pretty obscure tools and iOS internals, and zip is practically available everywhere, so this shouldn't be an issue.
v2.0.0 has removed the dependency on zip! i figured it would be nice to just test whether or not this will REALLY noticably break things. for now, ipapatch is a fully portable, native binary!
v2.1.0 fixed an issue where the output ipa wasnt able to be extracted by some signing apps and other tools. you can also pass --zip to use the zip command, although this isn't really required anymore
$ ipapatch --help
usage: ipapatch [-h/--help] --input <path> [--output <path] [--dylib <path>] [--inplace] [--noconfirm] [--plugins-only] [--zip] [--version]
flags:
--input path the path to the ipa file to patch
--output path the path to the patched ipa file to create
--dylib path the path to the dylib to use instead of the embedded zxPluginsInject
--inplace takes priority over --output, use this to overwrite the input file
--noconfirm skip interactive confirmation when not using --inplace, overwriting a file that already exists, etc
--plugins-only only inject into plugin binaries (not the main executable)
--zip use the zip cli tool to remove files (shouldnt be needed anymore)
info:
-h, --help show usage and exit
--version show version and exitbig thanks to: