VPHONE-CLI

Summary from the TLDR DevOps newsletter

vphone-cli lets researchers boot a virtual iPhone on Apple Silicon Macs using Apple's Virtualization.framework and Private Cloud Compute research VM infrastructure. A single command handles the full pipeline from download through DFU restore to first boot. The tool includes five patch variants with increasing levels of security bypass, and exposes a control socket for screenshots, touch input, and clipboard access, which can be used for AI-driven end-to-end testing via a companion MCP server.