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Cydia is unmaintained and does not support modern iOS versions
[edit]Cydia has not been updated in over 7 years now (per git: https://web.archive.org/web/20251101100018/https://git.saurik.com/cydia.git). The Git server itself has been down for many months (see Web Archive logs). Cydia doesn't support any version beyond iOS 12 (a nearly 8-year old iOS version). The Cydia Store has been discontinued since 2018 (which is mentioned in the article).
While there are subtle hints in certain areas of the article (the description of saurik's patch being "incompatible" with CoolStar's Cydia patch, or the mention of Cydia Store being closed), nothing in the article (save for the dates themselves within the infobox) makes any mention of its current status or its (lack of) support on any even remotely recent iOS version, let alone of its successors.
In modern day, it is true that Cydia is still used on legacy devices, but the article does not even really hint at the lack of development, updates, or continued support for newer iOS versions. Rather, it opts to use present-tense, with no hint at its supported devices/versions being severely outdated:
Cydia is a graphical user interface of APT for iOS.
Yes, the Cydia client itself still functions on these older versions/devices (it's just a GUI), I feel it should be made more clear in the article that Cydia is largely unmaintained, and does not support any recent iOS versions or modern devices. IMO, supersession by other package managers (i.e. Sileo) is an extremely important detail, a useful (and practical) part of iOS jailbreaking history, and should be included in the article, even if Cydia is not necessarily "discontinued" in the true sense of the word. "Abandonware" maybe? Or at least make some mention of its fall in popularity and lack of support for modern iOS. ~2026-35859-66 (talk) 22:58, 19 June 2026 (UTC)