Packages are downloaded through a list of repositories. Cydia is based on APT, ported to iOS as part of Jay Freeman's Telesphoreo project. The name 'Cydia' is a reference to the moth genus Cydia, notably the Codling Moth ( Cydia pomonella), which eats fruits such as apples and pears.Ĭydia provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to jailbroken users using Advanced Packaging Tool (a package manager) repositories to install software unavailable on the App Store. Most of the software packages available through Cydia are free of charge, although some require purchasing.Ĭydia is developed by Jay Freeman (named 'saurik') and his company, SaurikIT. It also refers to digital distribution platform for software on iOS accessed through Cydia software.

It enables a user to find and install software not authorized by Apple on jailbroken iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Greek, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Polish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian etc.Ĭydia is a graphical user interface of APT (Advanced Package Tool) for iOS.

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