Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/majd/ipatool/vs/Wox-launcher/Wox
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/majd/ipatool/vs/Wox-launcher/Wox.md
Description: ipatool and Wox share 3 technologies: MCP, Model Context Protocol, and howett.net/plist. Both are written in Go.

# ipatool vs Wox

ipatool and Wox share 3 technologies: MCP, Model Context Protocol, and howett.net/plist. Both are written in Go.

- [majd/ipatool](https://seerepo.com/r/majd/ipatool): Command-line tool that allows you to search for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and macOS apps on the App Store, and download .ipa or macOS .pkg app packages.
- [Wox-launcher/Wox](https://seerepo.com/r/Wox-launcher/Wox): A cross-platform launcher that simply works

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: MCP, Model Context Protocol, howett.net/plist
- Only in ipatool: github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3, github.com/bodgit/sevenzip, github.com/rs/zerolog
- Only in Wox: net/http, go-sqlite3, SQLite, OpenAI, React, react-reconciler, gorm.io/gorm, github.com/zalando/go-keyring, golang.org/x/oauth2, openai-go, github.com/yalue/onnxruntime_go, golang.org/x/image, github.com/disintegration/imaging, github.com/srwiley/rasterx, github.com/yuin/goldmark, github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery, github.com/ledongthuc/pdf, github.com/google/jsonschema-go, go.uber.org/zap, loguru, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file

## Side by side

| | ipatool | Wox |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 50,631 lines written, 180 code files | 619,755 lines written, 1,677 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 279 commits, 12,287 stars | Last push November 8, 2026, 5,981 commits, 27,617 stars |
| Tests | 117 test files. 82.2% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,327 test files. 75.5% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, ipatool or Wox?

Wox, with 619,755 lines written; ipatool has 50,631.

The proof: [Wox-launcher/Wox's code at commit 2bc72f3](https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/tree/2bc72f3210cec4466c9e1e865375e34bea59300f)

### Which has more GitHub stars, ipatool or Wox?

Wox, with 27,617 stars; ipatool has 12,287.

The proof: [Wox-launcher/Wox on GitHub](https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox)

### Which has more tests, ipatool or Wox?

Wox, with 1,327 test files; ipatool has 117.

The proof: [Wox-launcher/Wox's code at commit 2bc72f3](https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/tree/2bc72f3210cec4466c9e1e865375e34bea59300f)

### Which was updated more recently, ipatool or Wox?

ipatool: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and Wox's on November 8, 2026.

The proof: [majd/ipatool's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/majd/ipatool/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, ipatool or Wox?

In both, an AI signed 0.4% of their commits.

## Sources

- majd/ipatool: Read on November 11, 2026, at commit 8771e57 (https://github.com/majd/ipatool/tree/8771e57445272459b83b7d423170cc518e419647)
- Wox-launcher/Wox: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 2bc72f3 (https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/tree/2bc72f3210cec4466c9e1e865375e34bea59300f)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.