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Build scripts for curl-cffi on jailbroken iPhones

by cosm00·Mar 8, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

○PassNiche Gem

Solves a real build problem on jailbroken iPhone, but the audience is ~5 people and there's no actual product.

Strengths
  • •Correctly identifies and works around a real iOS toolchain gap (cffi wheels reject non-standard ARM identifiers)
  • •Pinned, tested version pairs (curl-impersonate 0.9.5, curl-cffi 0.10.0) show pragmatic testing discipline
  • •Scripts are reusable and documented with environment variable configuration hooks
Weaknesses
  • •Audience is extremely narrow: requires jailbroken iPhone + Procursus toolchain + need for curl-cffi specifically
  • •No product, no automation—this is a pair of shell scripts with a README, not a tool or service
  • •No evidence of actual users or adoption beyond hypothetical; no GitHub stars or issues suggest zero traction
Target Audience

Mobile security researchers, jailbreak developers, and penetration testers on iOS

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