# ios-webkit-debug-proxy mit Homebrew, Nix, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ios-webkit-debug-proxy in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ios-webkit-debug-proxy
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ios-webkit-debug-proxy
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ios-webkit-debug-proxy
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/io/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/ios-webkit-debug-proxy
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ios-webkit-debug-proxy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ios-webkit-debug-proxy
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ios-webkit-debug-proxy>
- **Version:** 1.9.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** DevTools proxy for iOS devices
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy>
- **Lizenz:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.2.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- ios_webkit_debug_proxy (cli)
- ios_webkit_debug_proxy (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- libimobiledevice
- libplist
- libusbmuxd
- openssl@3

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- pkgconf

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 1.9.2
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy
- neueste erkannte Version: v1.9.2 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

iOS WebKit Debug Proxy, also known as iwdp, proxies requests from usbmuxd over WebSocket so developer tools can send commands to MobileSafari and UIWebViews on real or simulated iOS devices. Its upstream README describes it as a DevTools proxy for iOS Safari Remote Web Inspector.

### Projektgeschichte

Google's repository dates to 2013 and carries a 2012 Google copyright notice in the README and design document. The design document lays out a C codebase split into a main proxy, WebInspector translator, device listener, WebSocket layer, port configuration, and single-threaded non-blocking socket manager.

The project evolved around the moving boundary between WebKit Inspector Protocol, Chrome DevTools, Safari Web Inspector, libimobiledevice, and usbmuxd. The README documents support across Linux, macOS, and Windows, dependency builds for libplist/libusbmuxd/libimobiledevice/usbmuxd, and troubleshooting for iOS and browser-protocol changes.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

iwdp became a bridge package for teams wanting browser-style remote debugging of iOS web content outside Safari's native workflow. Homebrew and Nix packaging in the input metadata, Scoop packaging in the README and input metadata, and Linux build instructions in the README show its cross-platform package footprint.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users start an iOS simulator or attach a device, enable Safari's Web Inspector, run ios_webkit_debug_proxy, and open the local device list or JSON endpoints. The proxy assigns ports beginning with a device-list page and then per-device DevTools endpoints, allowing WebSocket clients and browser frontends to inspect pages.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, ios-webkit-debug-proxy is significant because it packages an awkward protocol bridge: Apple device discovery through usbmuxd and libimobiledevice on one side, WebKit Inspector and DevTools-style WebSocket clients on the other. It is the kind of dependency that unlocks automation stacks, mobile web testing, and cross-browser debugging workflows.

### Zeitleiste

- 2012: README and design document carry Google copyright notices.
- 2013: GitHub repository created and version 1.0 tag appears in the Git history.
- 2015: README notes the Chrome DevTools frontend URL changed from devtools.html to inspector.html in Chrome 45-era tooling.
- 2025: Version v1.9.2 tag used by Homebrew as the stable source archive.

### Related projects

- The README directly names libplist, libusbmuxd, libimobiledevice, usbmuxd, Chrome DevTools, WebKit Inspector Protocol, Safari Web Inspector frontends, and Mozilla Valence as related technologies. Those relationships explain why the package appears in both developer-tool and mobile-web debugging contexts.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ios-webkit-debug-proxy>
- <https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/master/design.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ios-webkit-debug-proxy
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - ios-webkit-debug-proxy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/io/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/ios-webkit-debug-proxy: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ios-webkit-debug-proxy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [openssl@3](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libimobiledevice](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libimobiledevice/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libusbmuxd](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libusbmuxd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libplist](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libplist/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [cocoapods](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cocoapods/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
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- [molten-vk](https://pkg.so/de/brew/molten-vk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
- [ios-deploy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ios-deploy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
- [ideviceinstaller](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ideviceinstaller/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
- [carthage](https://pkg.so/de/brew/carthage/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
- [rswift](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rswift/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, ios.
- [inspect-webkit](https://pkg.so/de/npm/inspect-webkit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, debugging, developer, developer-tools, devices.
- [ios-deploy](https://pkg.so/de/npm/ios-deploy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, devices, ios.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ios-webkit-debug-proxy.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ios-webkit-debug-proxy.yml)


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