TrollStore vs UTM

TrollStore

Jailed iOS app that can install IPAs permanently with arbitary entitlements and root helpers because it trolls Apple (by opa334)

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UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS (by utmapp)

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TrollStore		UTM
	Project
282	Mentions	242
15,954	Stars	24,029
-	Growth	2.6%
9.1	Activity	9.5
20 days ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Objective-C	Language	Swift
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

TrollStore

Posts with mentions or reviews of TrollStore. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

TrollStore with SSHRD
2 projects | /r/jailbreak | 11 Dec 2023

Download the following from TrollStore releases inside sshtars folder (create usr/trollstore folders inside).
Discord paused the youtube comment section because of overwhelming hate
3 projects | /r/discordapp | 9 Dec 2023

16.5 or below: use TrollStore and install AppStore++
A12 14.3 uncover how I upgrade to 16 with troll store
1 project | /r/jailbreak | 6 Dec 2023
Tutorial Install Trollstore2 di iPhone 14 Pro Max iOS 16.0 - 16.5 dan 16.6.1b1 (Alternatif Picaso)
3 projects | /r/u_blacksagats | 5 Dec 2023

Download PersistenceHelper_Embedded di iPhone / di Mac (AirDrop)
TrollStore version 2.0 add support for iOS 15.5 – 16.6.1, 17.0
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Nov 2023
Question
1 project | /r/Trollstore | 7 Jul 2023
V3: The Ultimate Spotify Ad Blocking guide (Windows, Mac, Browser, Android, IOS, etc)
10 projects | /r/Piracy | 5 Jul 2023
install using ssh ramdisk
1 project | /r/Trollstore | 16 Jun 2023

Only read original articles. https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore if that’s written in here then it’s possible.
Is scarlet revoked again?
1 project | /r/sideloaded | 4 Jun 2023

Yes it is I would recommend switching over to TrollStore it perma signs applications no revoke https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore
are there on device sideloaders like scarlet for ios?
1 project | /r/sideloaded | 4 Jun 2023

TrollStore all on device https://github.com/opa334/TrollStore Perma signed no revoke

UTM

Posts with mentions or reviews of UTM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-30.

Is it impossible to upgrade from 15.1 to 16.3?
1 project | /r/Trollstore | 9 Dec 2023

If you have TrollStore then install the HV version of UTM to try for yourself: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/latest/download/UTM.HV.ipa
UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Aug 2023
Giving up the iPad-only travel dream
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Aug 2023
Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Aug 2023

Researching a little showed that this is basically what can be expected running x86 emulation and the systems will just be wonky and slow, although it was running flawlessly, just slow.
There seem to be ways to use Rosetta2 inside a VM [0] to then translate binaries but I found no official support or documentation (using UTM+QEMU that was), this would be such a cool feature, at least there are discussions about it [1,2]
- [0] https://mybyways.com/blog/using-rosetta-in-a-utm-linux-vm-wi...
- [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/4939
- [2] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5460
Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Aug 2023

UTM is open source too though: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM#license
Is there a way that I can dual boot iPadOS with Windows 11?
1 project | /r/windows | 23 Jul 2023
UTM – Run Virtual Machines on iOS
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jul 2023
UTM for Developers
2 projects | dev.to | 17 Jul 2023

UTM makes it easy to set up and manage macOS and Windows virtual machines. This can be especially useful for developers such as Tauri contributors who need to test their applications across multiple platforms, or for those looking to experiment with different operating systems without affecting their primary system.
What is the best way to run Windows 10 or 11 (whatever is better) on a 2020 MacBook Air M1?
1 project | /r/mac | 16 Jul 2023

If you don't need high performance and want to use the OS only occasionally, check UTM.app, at https://mac.getutm.app/ (or https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ). Free, open source.
Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jul 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing TrollStore and UTM you can also consider the following projects:

AltStore - AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.

QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

SideStore - SideStore is a fork of AltStore that doesn't require an AltServer.

macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS

YTMusicUltimate - The best tweak for YouTube Music iOS.

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

uYouPlus - uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users!

ish - Linux shell for iOS

Pojav launcher - A Minecraft: Java Edition Launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This repository contains source code for iOS/iPadOS platform.

Code-Server - VS Code in the browser

permasigneriOS - permasigner on iOS

terraform-provider-libvirt - Terraform provider to provision infrastructure with Linux's KVM using libvirt