Is Ios Simulator Mcp safe to use?

Ios Simulator Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Ios Simulator Mcp?

Ios Simulator Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Ios Simulator Mcp do?

Ios Simulator Mcp provides 13 tools: get_booted_sim_id, open_simulator, ui_describe_all, ui_tap, ui_type and 8 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Ios Simulator Mcp?

Ios Simulator Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Ios Simulator Mcp actively maintained?

Ios Simulator Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 10 days ago. It has 2,145 GitHub stars.

Ios Simulator MCP

Name: Ios Simulator MCP
Author: joshuayoes

ios-simulator-mcp · by joshuayoes

MCP server for interacting with the iOS simulator

2.1k 7.4k/wk 13 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 10d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

13 tools · ~1.8k tok

Grade C · 0.9% of 200K ctx

MCPpedia last refreshed this data 22h ago

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Ios Simulator MCP is an MCP server that MCP server for interacting with the iOS simulator. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 88/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ios-simulator": {
      "env": {
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_IDB_PATH": "~/bin/idb",
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_FILTERED_TOOLS": "screenshot,record_video,stop_recording",
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR": "~/Code/awesome-project/tmp"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ios-simulator-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Ios Simulator Mcp does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with iOS simulators. This server allows you to interact with iOS simulators by getting information about them, controlling UI interactions, and inspecting UI elements.

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OSV.dev

1 fixed

CVE-2025-52573medium · fixedCVSS 6

iOS Simulator MCP Command Injection allowed via exec API

# Command Injection in MCP Server The MCP Server at https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/ is written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. ## Vulnerable tool The MCP Server exposes the tool `ui_tap` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` which is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. LLM exposed user input for `duration`, `udid`, and `x

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 1.3.3source →

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Tools (13)

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~1.8k tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ios Simulator Mcp safe to use?: Ios Simulator Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Ios Simulator Mcp?: Ios Simulator Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Ios Simulator Mcp do?: Ios Simulator Mcp provides 13 tools: get_booted_sim_id, open_simulator, ui_describe_all, ui_tap, ui_type and 8 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Ios Simulator Mcp?: Ios Simulator Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Ios Simulator Mcp actively maintained?: Ios Simulator Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 10 days ago. It has 2,145 GitHub stars.

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Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ios-simulator": {
      "env": {
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_IDB_PATH": "~/bin/idb",
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_FILTERED_TOOLS": "screenshot,record_video,stop_recording",
        "IOS_SIMULATOR_MCP_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR": "~/Code/awesome-project/tmp"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ios-simulator-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Ios Simulator Mcp does

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y 'ios-simulator-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

iOS Simulator MCP Server

Security Notice: Command injection vulnerabilities present in versions < 1.3.3 have been fixed. Please update to v1.3.3 or later. See SECURITY.md for details.

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🌟 Featured In

This project has been featured and mentioned in various publications and resources:

Claude Code Best Practices article - Anthropic's engineering blog showcasing best practices
React Native Newsletter Issue 187 - Featured in the most popular React Native community newsletter
Mobile Automation Newsletter - #56 - Featured a long running newsletter about mobile testing and automation resources
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Tools

`get_booted_sim_id`

Description: Get the ID of the currently booted iOS simulator

Parameters: No Parameters

`open_simulator`

Description: Opens the iOS Simulator application

Parameters: No Parameters

`ui_describe_all`

Description: Describes accessibility information for the entire screen in the iOS Simulator

Parameters:

{
  /**
   * Udid of target, can also be set with the IDB_UDID env var
   * Format: UUID (8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal characters)
   */
  udid?: string;
}

`ui_tap`

Description: Tap on the screen in the iOS Simulator

Parameters:

{
  /**
   * Press duration in seconds (decimal numbers allowed)
   */
  duration?: string;
  /**
   * Udid of target, can also be set with the IDB_UDID env var
   * Format: UUID (8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal characters)
   */
  udid?: string;
  /** The x-coordinate */
  x: number;
  /** The y-coordinate */
  y: number;
}

`ui_type`

Description: Input text into the iOS Simulator

Parameters:

{
  /**
   * Udid of target, can also be set with the IDB_UDID env var
   * Format: UUID (8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal characters)
   */
  udid?: string;
  /**
   * Text to input
   * Format: ASCII printable characters only
   */
  text: string;
}

`ui_swipe`

Description: Swipe on the screen in the iOS Simulator

Parameters:

{
  /**
   * Swipe duration in seconds (decimal numbers allowed)
   */
  duration?: string;
  /**
   * Udid of target, can also be set with the IDB_UDID env var
   * Format: UUID (8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal characters)
   */
  udid?: string;
  /** The starting x-coordinate */
  x_start: number;
  /** The starting y-coordinate */
  y_start: number;
  /** The ending x-coordinate */
  x_end: number;
  /** The ending y-coordinate */
  y_end: number;
  /** The size of each step in the swipe (default is 1) */
  delta?: number;
}

`ui_describe_point`

Description: Returns the accessibility element at given co-ordinates on the iOS Simulator's screen

Parameters:

{
  /**
   * Udid of target, can also be set with the IDB_UDID env var
   * Format: UUID (8-4-4-4-12 hexadecimal 

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp#readme)

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

88/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−12

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

1 fixed

CVE-2025-52573medium · fixedCVSS 6

iOS Simulator MCP Command Injection allowed via exec API

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 1.3.3source →

Inventory

Tools (13)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~1.8k tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ios Simulator Mcp safe to use?: Ios Simulator Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Ios Simulator Mcp?: Ios Simulator Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Ios Simulator Mcp do?: Ios Simulator Mcp provides 13 tools: get_booted_sim_id, open_simulator, ui_describe_all, ui_tap, ui_type and 8 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Ios Simulator Mcp?: Ios Simulator Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Ios Simulator Mcp actively maintained?: Ios Simulator Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 10 days ago. It has 2,145 GitHub stars.