A New Home for ProfileManifests

We are thrilled to share news with the Apple device management community today regarding the ProfileManifests open-source project. A core part of iMazing Profile Editor from its release, the project provides a vast preference catalog not only for Apple configuration domains but also for third-party apps.

Originally created by Erik Berglund as a supporting project for his ProfileCreator app, ProfileManifests has taken on a life of its own under the leadership of AP Orlebeke, surpassing its parent project in reach and community involvement.

With significant contributions from community member Kevin M. Cox, our own team, and many other dedicated contributors, the project has grown to include thousands of settings across 243 manifests, all of which are continuously maintained and kept up-to-date.

Today we are announcing that ProfileManifests is leaving the ProfileCreator GitHub organization and is moving to its own dedicated home under a new organization bearing its name. The new ProfileManifests organization is owned and managed in collaboration between us, Kevin, and AP.

This means that the team behind ProfileManifests will remain unchanged, but the move to a dedicated organization will open the door to an exciting new future, and will allow us to:

• Simplify contributions: We’ll be revamping the wikis and contribution guidelines to make it easier than ever to get involved.
• Encourage collaboration from app developers: We love seeing app developers contribute manifests for their apps, and we’ll strive to make this the norm.
• Innovate on the manifest format: We plan to refresh the manifest format and introduce new features, accommodating new Apple product lines and incorporating feedback from users, while ensuring compatibility for projects that rely on the current format.

ProfileManifests is already the most comprehensive Apple device management catalog out there, but with your help it can become even better.

We invite you to be part of this new chapter, whether as a user or as a contributor. You can join the discussion on the #profilemanifests channel in the Mac Admins Slack, or visit the project’s new home at https://github.com/ProfileManifests/ProfileManifests/.

Now, this was just a brief run-through, but if you're interested in hearing more, an upcoming Mac Admins Podcast episode will be featuring a discussion about ProfileManifests with hosts Tom Bridge and Becky Scott so stay tuned for that.

Thanks for making up an incredible community – it's a privilege to be a part of it.