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idb is a flexible command line interface for automating iOS simulators and devices

Stars: 5.3k
Forks: 503
Open beginner issues: 1
Indexed issues: 171

Dominant language: Swift
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 20, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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171 open issues indexed

idb ui on iOS 26.x simulator: tap coordinates need screenshot_px/2, describe-all returns 1 element, springboard alerts/banners untappable Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#964 · Opened Sep 19, 2026
universal build is forced to arm64 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100

facebook/idb#954 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Device Orientation Affects Frame Coordinates (Except for Portrait Up) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

facebook/idb#917 · Opened Apr 25, 2026
DeveloperDiskImage.dmg not found Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#906 · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 6, 2026
fb-idb 1.1.7 PyPI package: ImportError in companion_spawner due to missing IDB_LOCAL_TARGETS_FILE constant Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#902 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 18, 2026
video-stream not working on macOS 26 Tahoe Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

facebook/idb#894 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 28, 2025
With Stage Manager on iOS 26 the UI description doesn't cover the app, but the background Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#893 · Opened Oct 24, 2025
Searchbar is missing from UI description Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

facebook/idb#892 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 24, 2025
Approve command fails with database error Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#886 · Opened Aug 17, 2025
IDB Stream stops when changing device's language Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#879 · Opened Apr 4, 2025
idb launch xxx.xxx.xx Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#878 · 6 reactions · Opened Mar 31, 2025
[Bug] "`idb.common.types.IdbException`: No UDID provided and couldn't find a default companion" Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#877 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 21, 2025
[Documentation] `pip3.6` does not exist in most package repositories, so recommend `python3.6 -m pip`. Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#876 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 20, 2025
Got crash when run xctest on ios16 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#874 · Opened Jan 17, 2025
iPhone SE gen 3 product family listed as 'Unknown' Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

facebook/idb#869 · Opened Oct 7, 2024
Get always 'Connection lost' when execute 'idb crash list' Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#868 · Opened Aug 27, 2024
Stream from simulator appears distorted Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#867 · Opened Jul 26, 2024
Swift Package manager support for FBSimulatorControl Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#866 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 8, 2024
Does idb automate the real devices ? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

facebook/idb#862 · Opened Feb 22, 2024
Build companion via github actions workflow Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

facebook/idb#860 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 31, 2024
iOS 17 support Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#853 · 16 comments · 30 reactions · Opened Oct 28, 2023
Maps permission pop-up not shown Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#852 · Opened Oct 24, 2023
[iOS 17] idb screenshot not working Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#850 · 5 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Oct 4, 2023
[Request] Support app icon PNG data command Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#849 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 26, 2023
Cannot build idb_companion in Xcode 15.0 on the current master (2022-09-19) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#848 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 19, 2023
when use idb and ffmepg to record video, Appium Session lose Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#847 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 6, 2023
The --fps option for video-stream doesn't work. Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#846 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 31, 2023
video-stream :- help required to dynamically compress or scale down minicap framess Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#845 · Opened Aug 3, 2023
[Question] It is possible to control the device from the browser Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

facebook/idb#844 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2023
Your CLT does not support macOS 13.4 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

facebook/idb#843 · Opened Jul 28, 2023
Stream not working Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#841 · Opened Jul 20, 2023
IDB Launch command not working Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

facebook/idb#840 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 11, 2023
Is it necessary to additionally define BASE_IDB_FILE_PATH under Windows? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#838 · Opened Jun 19, 2023
Noobie instalation question. Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 15/100

facebook/idb#837 · Opened Jun 17, 2023
idb interact Commands are not working in real devices Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

facebook/idb#836 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 2, 2023
Wrong path being used for idb_companion Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

facebook/idb#835 · 7 comments · 6 reactions · Opened May 24, 2023
The Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 1/100

facebook/idb#834 · Opened May 18, 2023
idb file tool failed, error msg like this: fileCommandsForApplicationContainers not supported on devices, requires a rooted device Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

facebook/idb#831 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 23, 2023
Cannot stream video with mjpeg/minicap format Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

facebook/idb#829 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 16, 2023
[Error] Getting error when run "idb list-targets" and others Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#828 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 12, 2023
How to dynamically scale the H264 encoded stream Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

facebook/idb#823 · Opened Feb 23, 2023
idb list-apps doesn't provide bundle version Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#822 · Opened Feb 17, 2023
idb misrecognizes arm64 simulator as x86_64 and refused to install arm64 apps Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#814 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 6, 2023
would be nice to add python3 as prerequisite as readme Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 55/100

facebook/idb#812 · Opened Dec 28, 2022
xctest crashes with homebrew version 1.1.8 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

facebook/idb#811 · Opened Dec 23, 2022
idb xctest list-bundle com.test.xxxxxx --- arm64e does not conform to FBXCTestExtendedCommands Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#809 · Opened Dec 6, 2022
Remote iPhone device is not showing in Xcode device list Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

facebook/idb#808 · Opened Dec 6, 2022
idb_companion incorrect simulator architecture checks on M1 macs Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

facebook/idb#807 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 29, 2022
idb installation of app - best match target version 0.0 error Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

facebook/idb#804 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 6, 2022
Failing to connect to Simulator Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

facebook/idb#803 · Opened Nov 3, 2022

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