r/jailbreakdevelopers

11K archived posts · Sep 2013 – Sep 2026

Jailbreak developers

A subreddit for iOS tweak developers, iOS theme artists, jailbreak developers and anyone who is interested in the jailbreak development community. Check out the sidebar below for rules and helpful links.

Created Sep 20, 2013

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11KArchived posts

Welcome to r/jailbreakdevelopers, a subreddit dedicated to the iOS jailbreak developer community.

Get involved in the jailbreak development community.

Learn about how to develop tweak/themes from established developers.
Learn about jailbreak tools & how they work.
Get beta testers for your tweak, themes or other jailbreak related software.
Discuss about iOS jailbreak development.

Updating extensions for iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9

A new repository exclusively from Reddit jailbreakers (Reddit Community Repository)

Rules, Code of Conduct & responsibilities

Getting started with jailbreak tweak/theme development

For Tweak Development:

Up to date Theos installation instructions
Setting up Theos for jailbreak tweak development
Troubleshooting your setup
For newbies who want to get started in jailbreak tweak development you can try to startup with iOSOpenDev
Important Developer Repostories
List for supported resources for jailbreak development
Ask help via IRC
Guide to avoid common CydiaSubstrate mistakes
Best practices
Open source projects

For Theme Development:

Quick Guide for icon theming.

For jailbreak development:

Important Links

For general jailbreak news: r/jailbreak
If you are interested in theming your jailbroken device: r/iOSthemes
For Tech Support: JailbreakQA
For the wiki: The iPhone Dev Wiki
To learn the basics about iOS hacking, Read iOS Hacker's Handbook
Learn more about Cydia
Download jailbreak tools, iOS Firmwares & other things. (iDownloadBlog)

Previous sticky posts

New updated user flairs

Donate & help the jailbreak community

Subreddits we love:

If you're a developer, theme artist or someone of good significance to the jailbreak community, message the moderators and request a custom flair.

Have a nice day.

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