IPA Catalog

A self-hosted web app that publishes a SideStore/AltStore-compatible JSON source from direct IPA URLs and public GitHub releases. By default, the landing page lists all the ipa added/found. Admin page is at /admin and is protected with an env ADMIN_TOKEN secret.

Build instruction

git clone https://github.com/lmsld/ipa-catalog.git
cd ipa-catalog
podman build -t ipa-catalog .

Run with Podman

podman run -e ADMIN_TOKEN=never-gonna-give-you-up \
-v ./data:/data -p 8000:8000 ipa-catalog

Run with docker compose

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lmsld/ipa-catalog/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yml
echo "ADMIN_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -base64 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Additional information

./data/catalog.yaml is used to keep a record of repo and ipa.

AI Usages

Yep, the app is fully coded by github copilot free plan.