Case study

remote-me: an Apple TV remote built from iOS Companion protocol analysis

remote-me implements an Apple TV browser remote from analysis of iOS TVRemoteCore and Rapport frameworks. The author reports using REA and Ghidra to recover Companion transport, pairing, session, HID, touch, and keyboard behavior, then testing requests against an Apple TV. The project also controls LG webOS TVs through SSAP.

Targets: Binary · Protocol
Category: Community REA investigations
Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2026-10-13
Language: JavaScript
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Node.js 20+ and a computer on the same network as the TVs.
Prerequisites: The documented Apple TV analysis uses an iOS IPSW, ipsw, REA, and Ghidra.
Testing evidence: The author reports testing on a third-generation Apple TV 4K; other tvOS 15+ models advertising _companion-link._tcp are untested.
License: MIT licence.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{remote-me-apple-tv-companion-case,
  title = {{remote-me: an Apple TV remote built from iOS Companion protocol analysis}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jxgedouard/remote-me}},
  url = {https://github.com/jxgedouard/remote-me},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/remote-me-apple-tv-companion-case/}}
}

Plain text

remote-me: an Apple TV remote built from iOS Companion protocol analysis. https://github.com/jxgedouard/remote-me (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/remote-me-apple-tv-companion-case/

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docs/apple-remote-protocol.md GitHub · jxgedouard/remote-me · Revision 702a81c
docs/reverse-engineering.md GitHub · jxgedouard/remote-me · Revision 702a81c
README.md GitHub · jxgedouard/remote-me · Revision 702a81c