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    "https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw/blob/a9eae76e8b1e901e4a03dd530defac8a1b33f91a/LICENSE",
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    "Release at review: v3.1.739, published 2026-10-16, with Linux, macOS, Windows and iOS builds plus deb, rpm, apk and Arch packages; the reviewed master commit is three cache and documentation commits ahead. Install with Homebrew (tap or core formula), snap or Scoop. The extras build (Unicorn-based dyld emulation, libusb device commands) and the Frida build are macOS only. Source builds need a C toolchain for CGO and, per the README, Go 1.26+, although go.mod declares go 1.27.",
    "Firmware, caches and binaries are supplied by the user or fetched with the download commands. With --dec, macho disass and dyld disass send disassembly to the LLM provider chosen with --dec-llm: hosted OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, Gemini or router APIs, ACP agent CLIs, or local Ollama. The separate ipswd daemon exposes a REST API, and the README points agents to the separate ipsw-skill repository.",
    "MIT license. The README notes that extracted dylibs can still reference metadata elsewhere in the cache, so it recommends Objective-C analysis on the cache itself. LLM decompilation output is model-generated and needs verification."
  ],
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    "审阅时的版本为 v3.1.739，发布于 2026-10-16，提供 Linux、macOS、Windows 和 iOS 构建，以及 deb、rpm、apk 和 Arch 软件包；所审阅的 master 分支提交比该版本多三个缓存与文档提交。可通过 Homebrew（作者的 tap 或核心公式）、snap 或 Scoop 安装。extras 构建（基于 Unicorn 的 dyld 模拟、依赖 libusb 的设备命令）和 Frida 构建仅支持 macOS。从源码构建需要用于 CGO 的 C 工具链，README 要求 Go 1.26+，但 go.mod 声明的是 go 1.27。",
    "固件、缓存和二进制由使用者提供，或通过下载命令获取。使用 --dec 时，macho disass 和 dyld disass 会把反汇编发送给 --dec-llm 指定的 LLM 服务：托管的 OpenAI 兼容、Anthropic、Gemini 或路由 API、ACP 智能体命令行，或本地 Ollama。独立的 ipswd 守护进程提供 REST API；README 还建议智能体使用独立的 ipsw-skill 仓库。",
    "采用 MIT 许可。README 指出提取出的 dylib 仍可能引用缓存中其他位置的元数据，因此建议直接在缓存上进行 Objective-C 分析。LLM 反编译输出由模型生成，需要核实。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "app",
    "binary",
    "firmware"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/blacktop/ipsw",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-18"
}