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Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines

30 mentions on Hacker News by 23 people: 6 stories, 24 comments · first 2021-10-08 · latest 2026-07-13

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  1. …for these type of use cases actually. I feel like I could use it more for this type of stuff. [0]: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-07-13 · in Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop
  2. quickemu [1] is good at running macOS VMs. 1: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by mherrmann · 2026-02-07 · in OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
  3. …what are your thoughts on it (I am an absolute quickemu shill because I love that software) https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu [ Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines ]
    comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-01-14 · in I hate GitHub Actions with passion
  4. …many many distros) using quickget. Its really intuitive for what its worth, definitely worth a try https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu I personally really like zed with ssh open remote. I can always open up terminals in it and use…
    comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-01-12 · in Unauthenticated remote code execution in OpenCode
  5. It's fixed in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/1640 but they haven't cut a release since Dec 2024.
    comment by buovjaga · 2026-01-02 · in Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs
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    Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs
    story by teekert · 2025-12-30 · 45 comments
  7. …on, check out quickemu. Libvirt and virt-manager https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libvirt Quickemu https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu Proxmox VE https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve QubesOS https://qubes-os.org Whonix…
    comment by baobun · 2025-10-15 · in I almost got hacked by a 'job interview'
  8. You can also check out quickemu. Uses qemu rather than virtualbox. https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by baobun · 2025-10-07 · in Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account
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    Quickemu Is a Wrapper for QEMU
    story by teekert · 2025-08-27 · 0 comments
  10. …can give you more cores/ram/disk easily. Just run `quickget` to get a list of OS's to download. [0] https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by teekert · 2025-08-27 · in QEMU 10.1.0
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    Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs
    story by Tomte · 2025-05-17 · 0 comments
  12. …what operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best way to do it for you." https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by lathiat · 2024-03-28 · in Proxmox VE: Import Wizard for Migrating VMware ESXi VMs
  13. https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/blob/0c8e1a5205...
    comment by vdm · 2024-03-02 · in How to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account
  14. Tl;Dr use quickemu: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu There's also quickgui to help with launching VMs: https://github.com/quickgui/quickgui (I've been using it for occasional errands that necessitate running windows)
    comment by seltzered_ · 2024-02-15 · in How to run macOS on Linux (without too much hassle) [video]
  15. …flags to pass to QEMU to boot all of these. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28797129 [2] https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/blob/0c8e1a5205...
    comment by acatton · 2024-01-30 · in Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
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    Quickemu: Quickly run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
    story by overbytecode · 2024-01-30 · 133 comments
  17. …with writing your own QEMU tooling or fussing with something like UTM or Parallels, [quickemu]( https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu ) is a really nice qemu wrapper with sane defaults that can expose a whole lot of power if you…
    comment by intpx · 2024-01-16 · in Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
  18. quickemu on Linux can spin up a macOS VM. https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu $ quickget macos monterey Then: $ quickemu --vm ./macos-monterey.conf You have to go through the usual install process for macOS, and can then install…
    comment by popey · 2023-02-28 · in Unfolder for Mac – a 3D modelcreating papercraft
  19. …- file sharing, sound forwarding, clipboard sharing, even printers and arbitrary devices. [0] - https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by kkielhofner · 2022-11-19 · in VMware Fusion 13 – native support for Apple Silicon Macs
  20. For example you can use quickemu: https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu Haven't tried it with macOS myself, but it worked great for Windows.
    comment by makeworld · 2022-09-11 · in Ask HN: As a Windows developer and user, can anyone recommend a Mac for testing?
  21. Checking out the creator's videos of quickemu[0] now, seems close! [0]: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by 3np · 2022-08-01 · in Ask HN: How do you manage VMs on your workstations?
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    Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop VMs
    story by T-A · 2021-12-06 · 2 comments
  23. Doesnt the quickemu project do some of this automagically? https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by kevindurb · 2021-12-03 · in OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM
  24. …from this and similar repositories as well as Windows with TPM and enables all the good features: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu There is also another promising project called docker-osx which has the best documentation…
    comment by lathiat · 2021-12-03 · in OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM
  25. Quickemu already does this and many more operating systems too. https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
    comment by pdenton · 2021-12-03 · in OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM
  26. Somebody else already opened an issue https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu/issues/70
    comment by acatton · 2021-10-08 · in Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux
  27. It does check SHA256 for Ubuntu images, but nothing else I could see. https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu/blob/af26f41440d63a0...
    comment by password4321 · 2021-10-08 · in Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux
  28. I made a spelling correction: https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu/pull/66
    comment by edward · 2021-10-08 · in Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux
  29. Took a little while to find the magic words in there: https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu/blob/af26f41440d63a0...
    comment by implying · 2021-10-08 · in Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux
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    Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux
    story by nixcraft · 2021-10-08 · 118 comments