Backstory

Backstory

Jailm8 started off as a minimal linux os, built with running checkra1n for windows users in mind. You might know bootra1n and checkn1x, jailm8 was like them. What made it different was the addition of various different tools, such as the project sandcastle tools and irecovery tools. Everything was going very well, until a friend asked me to try and package the jailm8 image into a small windows tool, running off qemu. That worked to an extent, but there was a serious lack of tools for forwarding usb connections in qemu on windows, so that project was abandoned. A few months later, when checkra1n was near its release for windows, the same friend asked me what people would do when checkra1n is released for windows, I told him that jailm8, checkn1x and bootra1n would all become obsolete (bootra1n already had). Then he asked me what they would do regarding the extra tools I had in jailm8, after all, it was the thing that set it apart from checkn1x. That got me thinking, I could make a small app that would download all the required files, and make a small user interface for those tools. The only problem was, there was a massive gap in the jailbreaking scene for native windows builds of tools. Most open source tools could easily be ported to windows with cygwin, so I couldn't see why there wasn't any support. I got to work, compiling different tools, some easier than others (project sandcastle 😢), and making a windows app to bring it all together.