acextract

A tool to list and extract content from Assets.car files.

Support Mac, iOS and AppleWatch assets. Can extract PNG and PDF files.

Features

Feature	Status
iOS / iPhone / iPad	✔
macOS	✔
tvOS	✔
watchOS	✔
4 inch iPhone	✔
Size classes	✔
Slicing	✔
Memory class	✔
Graphics class	✔
Data	✘
PDF	✘
SpriteKit Atlas	✘
AppleTV image stack	✘
iMessage stickers	✘

Usage:

input is required
Usage: ./acextract [options]
-i, --input: Path to input CAR file.
-o, --output:
Path to output directory.
-l, --list:
Print content of the CAR file without extracting.
-h, --help:
Show help message.
-v, --verbose:
Print more detail. You can use -vv or -vvv for more info.

Installation:

From archive

• download the newest version from GitHub
• extract archive
• copy acextract to /usr/local/bin/ folder

Manual compilation

git clone https://github.com/bartoszj/acextract.git --recursive

or

git clone https://github.com/bartoszj/acextract.git
cd acextract
git submodule update --init --recursive

Example usage:

Print content

acextract -i ~/Assets.car -l

Extract content

mkdir -p ~/AssetsOutput
acextract -i ~/Assets.car -o ~/AssetsOutput

Similar tools:

• iOS-Asset-Extractor