Jitterbug VS Play-

Efficient VMs on iPhone would be great. I experimented with sideloading Jitterbug (1) and using it to launch qemu, but the process currently requires a second device or setting up a VPN - in practice it was annoying.

I just want/need a Linux environment; coming from my laptop, I really miss rsync… FTP/SMB over VPN work but rsync is usually faster!

Fingers crossed that easily sideloading apps becomes a thing here in the US.

1: https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug

If you’re using a Developer certificate or some other certificate, that has VPN entitlements you can use Jitterbug.

You can still self host with JITStreamer, then theirs two alternatives, SideStore, made by the same devs, also lets you sideload and refresh on any Wi-Fi network. Then theirs JITterbug, that you just have to be on any Wi-Fi network, with (you need TrollStore, or paid dev cert to do with just one device or any other way to get VPN entitlements.) Or have another device other than the one you want the app with JIT on, and pair the two.

Jitterbug Pair (Windows 64)

For the last: UTM + JIT. Unfortunately it’s not on the AppStore, but those utilities will allow you to run any operating system (that doesn’t mean they’ll be useable). I use Debian ARM64 (with LXQt environment) on my iPad mini (A12) which runs fast enough to handle sublime text and one terminal window (but not a web browser ;_;). Some software won’t run on it like PSEint (unless you figure out how to compile it), but it’s faster than iSH and has more software compatibility than a-shell

you're going to need to get on your computer and download JitterbugPair (https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug/releases/latest). download the zip file that works on your device.

https://github.com/osy/Jitterbug Here's the recommended app for enabling JIT in UTM. There are instructions on the main page. The key point I found a little confusing is that the instructions are for setting it up on two separate devices, but if you're using TrollStore, the "primary device" and "secondary device" can be the same device (your iPhone). The end result is that launching UTM normally will open it without JIT, and using Jitterbug to launch UTM will enable JIT.

Jitterbug v.1.3.1

I’m trying to enable JIT in Play! emulator using Azula to patch the .ipa with TrollStoreJitEnabler, but it gives an error: “couldn’t copy dylib to workspace”. Azula is a mobile clone of Azule that should work on jailed devices (but it doesn’t atm), can someone jailbroken or with a Mac please try to patch it with Azule instead?

You can read the progress report and see the commit history on GitHub

there's an interesting project called "Play! emulator" tho https://purei.org/ Using HLE emulation (no bios and mimicking hardware, much better) and even modern rendering with vulkan... but... it's not ready yet for the average user yet (As of today only 37.34% of the compatibility list is labeled as "Playable", so those game run with minor issues or smoothly)

Consider also starting usingPlay! , it's not on par with the compatibility as Aether but hey it's ad-free at least for now, I hope and will get proper updates.

The biggest problem of Play! is that it is impossible to Google it. The website's domain purei.org doesn't connect to Play! very well... Maybe the project needs a more unique name...

Try "Play!". https://purei.org/

Did some searching and apparently apple doesn't allow emulators on the app store. Now, for PS2 emulators, Play! is the only one I know of that is developing for iOS.