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Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, VirtualBuddy is a virtual machine GUI for macOS M1, M2, M3, M4

10 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 1 story, 9 comments · first 2022-06-25 · latest 2026-07-13

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  1. …around the OS API [3] More recently, there are also Apple containers [4] [1] https://tart.run/ [2] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy [3] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization [4] https://github.com/apple/container
    comment by 999_cirno · 2026-07-13 · in Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode
  2. …to solve with VirtualBuddy[0], but GhostVM looks like a far more compelling solution now. [0] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
    comment by evanjrowley · 2026-04-22 · in Show HN: macOS VMs to let you agents run wild
  3. Try VirtualBuddy https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
    comment by Starmina · 2024-07-31 · in macOS in QEMU in Docker
  4. Have you run into Viable https://eclecticlight.co/virtualisation-on-apple-silicon/ or VirtualBuddy https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy ? I think at least Viable has some limitations though Edit: "some" limitations is putting it…
    comment by orbat · 2024-07-31 · in macOS in QEMU in Docker
  5. Yes, there is VirtualBuddy and Viable (not sure if this one is Open Source): - https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy - https://eclecticlight.co/virtualisation-on-apple-silicon/
    comment by shoo_pl · 2024-01-19 · in Tart: VMs on macOS using Apple's native Virtualization.Framework
  6. VirtualBuddy is my favorite mac vm thanks to their file sharing folder https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
    comment by hanniabu · 2023-08-20 · in Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
  7. …https://ubuntu.com/blog/kvm-hyphervisor [4] https://mac.getutm.app/ [5] https://multipass.run/ [6] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
    comment by korginator · 2023-07-24 · in VirtualBox 7.0.10 download links have disappeared
  8. VirtualBuddy is a great open-source project that takes advantage of this framework: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
    comment by infosecb · 2023-06-04 · in Apple Virtualization Framework
  9. …tool is doing. Except, of course, this tool also adds a GUI and easy configuration options. [1]: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy/blob/main/VirtualC...
    comment by jeroenhd · 2022-06-26 · in VirtualBuddy: Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
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    VirtualBuddy: Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
    story by tosh · 2022-06-25 · 62 comments