Help/Support What is theos exactly and why use it

[DeDonKillha 5 iPhone 5 10.3.3]

i've found tutorials explaining the process of reverse engineering , and they all use theos , i get that it is helpful to use it , but i wonder what problems the programmer had , so i can understand why theos, and what does it do.

 

[LeePham 4.1k iPhone X 12.4]

When you wanna to make a file.deb ( Mod game ) 

you need a program ( $THEOS) to make your packet , you can write code in file Tweak.xm in folder Theos and use command line to make all code  in file.deb 

[DeDonKillha 5 iPhone 5 10.3.3]

1 minute ago, Leeberlin said:

When you wanna to make a file.deb ( Mod game ) 

you need a program ( $THEOS) to make your packet , you can write code in file Tweak.xm in folder Theos and use command line to make all code  in file.deb 

so it's basically a compiler ?

[Laxus 805.4k iPhone 5s 10.3.3]

4 minutes ago, DeDonKillha said:

so it's basically a compiler ?

Yea

https://github.com/theos/theos

[DeDonKillha 5 iPhone 5 10.3.3]

thank you both , i really appreciate the answer