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Something we missed while we were on hiatus:

Ripdev, the team behind the very first Installer.app has closed its doors… back in October 2009. Anyone new to the jailbreak community may not be that familiar with this development team, but they were the first people to put native apps on the iPhone that weren’t approved by Apple. With their help, pioneers like Saurik, Geohot and even the folks at Rock Your Phone have been able to do what they do. We can’t say that everything goes back to them; there are many other people in the Jailbreak community that have contributed just as much, if not more.

Ripdev explains that they’ll keep their app repositories alive as long as possible, but we could see them close sometime this year. Installer is no more, folks. The new addition of the ICY installer is also done. They’ve released the source code for ICY, but we haven’t heard any news of continued development. Any apps that you have from Ripdev will continue to function on their original firmware, but there’s no promise of updates if they break in later iPhone OS releases. Please read their full statement below:

GOOD BYE

It’s been a great two years, but unfortunately, the time has come for Ripdev to close its doors. There are many reasons for this, most of which we probably will never disclose (unless we are forced to). The important thing is that due to circumstances we will likely be unable to support the titles we have created over the years further. They will operate perfectly on the firmware versions they were created for, and you will be able to download and use them — but they will no longer be supported and updated (except for i2Reader Pro that is not being developed by us and that will be kept in sync with its App Store version). We will, of course, transfer the licenses to the new devices — just email us. Our Cydia repository will be operational until at least next year, so be assured that the products you liked and paid for will be available for you to (re)install.

Icy, our lightweight DPKG installer, is now available in source form under MIT license. You’re free to do whatever you want with it. It would be nice if someone picks up the project…

It was an honor to be in the iPhone jailbreak community, and we are proud that we have certainly made a ripple or two. Farewell!