ios :D

hosts/flubber-machine/hardware.nix

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     pointer.enable = true;
     rgb.enable = true;
     tablet.enable = true;
+    ios.enable = true;
+    ios.sideload = true;
   };
 
   fileSystems."/" =

hosts/goopnet-interface/hardware.nix

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     bluetooth.enable = true;
     networking.enable = true;
     pointer.enable = true;
+    ios.enable = true;
   };
 
   fileSystems."/" =

modules/hardware/ios.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+let
+  cfg = config.modules.hardware.ios;
+in {
+  options.modules.hardware.ios = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Enable tethering with iOS devices";
+    sideload = mkEnableOption "Additionally, enable sideloading through Althea";
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.usbmuxd.enable = true;
+    services.usbmuxd.package = pkgs.usbmuxd2;
+
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      libimobiledevice
+      ifuse
+    ];
+
+    hm.home.packages = optional cfg.sideload pkgs.my.althea;
+  };
+}

packages/althea/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# thank GOD someone packaged this
+# shoutout!!!
+# https://github.com/Nailington/dots/blob/f7f55aced39c6496fe01dc2867a51316e09eb59c/pkgs/althea/default.nix
+
+{ lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+, gtk3
+, libhandy
+, libappindicator-gtk3
+, libnotify
+, usbmuxd
+, libimobiledevice
+, avahi
+, wrapGAppsHook3
+, gobject-introspection
+, gdk-pixbuf
+, makeDesktopItem
+, copyDesktopItems
+, steam-run
+}:
+
+let
+  pythonEnv = python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
+    requests
+    keyring
+    pygobject3
+    packaging
+  ]);
+
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "althea";
+    exec = "althea";
+    icon = "althea";
+    desktopName = "althea";
+    comment = "Sideload applications to iOS/iPadOS via AltStore";
+    categories = [ "Utility" ];
+  };
+in
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "althea";
+  version = "0.5.0-unstable-2026-02-07";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vyvir";
+    repo = "althea";
+    rev = "506a8a757221bca771bab67c7f5b3eec74ec4486";
+    hash = "sha256-4N5z9t/Z1KmAB4TDkuOWwLSvENrrcw0nFU+19o54sqY=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+    gobject-introspection
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pythonEnv
+    gtk3
+    libhandy
+    libappindicator-gtk3
+    libnotify
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    usbmuxd
+    libimobiledevice
+    avahi
+  ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  desktopItems = [ desktopItem ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    # Install app files
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/althea/resources
+    cp main.py $out/lib/althea/
+    cp -r resources/* $out/lib/althea/resources/
+
+    # Install icon
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+    cp resources/3.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/althea.png
+
+    # Patch main.py: replace direct anisette-server invocation with steam-run wrapper
+    # The downloaded binary is a generic Linux ELF that needs an FHS environment on NixOS
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/althea/main.py \
+      --replace-warn \
+        'subprocess.run(f"{(altheapath)}/anisette-server -n 127.0.0.1 -p 6969 &", shell=True)' \
+        'subprocess.run(f"${steam-run}/bin/steam-run {(altheapath)}/anisette-server -n 127.0.0.1 -p 6969 &", shell=True)'
+
+    # Create launcher
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cat > $out/bin/althea << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+cd $out/lib/althea
+exec ${pythonEnv}/bin/python3 $out/lib/althea/main.py "\$@"
+EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/althea
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GUI for AltServer-Linux to sideload apps onto iOS/iPadOS";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vyvir/althea";
+    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
+    mainProgram = "althea";
+  };
+}