JBScrape

Find jailbreakable iPhones on eBay and Swappa.

Searches for devices running iOS 16.0-16.7.2 and iOS 17.0-17.3.1. With --legacy, also finds iPhone 11 series and older running any iOS up to 26.0.1 (checkm8 / older-hardware coverage); iPhone 12 and newer stay limited to the 16.x/17.x range.

Features

• Searches eBay and Swappa for iPhones with jailbreakable iOS versions
• OCR on by default: downloads listing photos and reads the iOS version off Settings > About screenshots when the seller didn't put it in the text (disable with --no-ocr). Results found this way are tagged [OCR].
• --legacy mode: extends the version ceiling to iOS 26.0.1 for iPhone 11 series and older devices only
• Filters out impossible device/iOS combinations (e.g., iPhone 4 claiming iOS 16)
• Only checks seller descriptions on Swappa (ignores buyer comments asking about iOS)
• Organizes results by device model and price
• Exports to JSON and optionally creates a note in macOS Notes app

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Google Chrome browser
• Tesseract for OCR (on by default) — brew install tesseract

Installation

# Clone the repo and enter the directory
git clone https://github.com/0xjohnnydev/JBScrape.git
cd JBScrape

# Create and activate virtual environment (recommended)
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies (includes Pillow/pytesseract for OCR)
pip install -r requirements.txt

# OCR is on by default, so also install the tesseract engine:
brew install tesseract   # macOS (Linux: apt install tesseract-ocr)

Usage

python JBScrape.py                    # Search eBay, OCR on (~10 min, default)
python JBScrape.py --legacy           # + iPhone 11 & older up to iOS 26.0.1
python JBScrape.py --no-ocr           # Skip photo OCR (title/description only)
python JBScrape.py --sites swappa     # Swappa only (slow ~20 min)
python JBScrape.py --sites ebay swappa  # Both sites (slow ~30 min)
python JBScrape.py --no-headless      # Show the browser window
python JBScrape.py --note             # Create a note in the macOS Notes app

License

MIT License - see LICENSE