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libusbmuxd

brew install libusbmuxd v2.1.1 GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later

C library for communicating with iOS devices over USB, handling protocol multiplexing and device enumeration.

Why you might care

Essential shared library for Linux/macOS tools that need to interact with iPhones, iPads, or Apple TVs without jailbreaking. Part of the libimobiledevice ecosystem; required by frontends like ifuse (mounting iOS filesystems) and usbmuxd (the daemon that manages USB connections).

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