altstoreio / altstoreio/AltStore
[Suggestion] Allow AltStore to execute IPA’s without installation
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Description
Just a quick little idea i had (this maybe isn’t the best of places to put it), but could you create some kind of “IPA loader” to load IPAs into memory (well duh) and hand execution to them WITHOUT installation? Perhaps AltStore could also have maybe an ELF interpreter, or if those weren’t possible, maybe just a python interpreter. Maybe this doesn’t have to be part of AltStore, just another app to sideload, but still would be nice to have without needing additional installations.
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The issue does not name any files, tests, or entry points. Start by assessing how AltStore could load and execute an IPA without installation, including the proposed interpreter alternatives; the scope and criteria for done would need to be defined before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100