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56 mentions on Hacker News by 54 people: 9 stories, 47 comments · first 2020-02-21 · latest 2026-09-20

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  1. …basically a GUI for QEMU. They have a Mac App store $9.99 version and the free open source version: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by autotune · 2026-09-20 · in Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to
  2. …cases where apps detect the Apple paravirtual Metal device but falls back to software rendering: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/7671
    comment by frabonacci · 2026-08-11 · in Apple Silicon and macOS VMs: Faster LLM Inference with llama.cpp
  3. …having macos and arch and fedora all going at once is amazing. pertinent references : https://github.com/utmapp/UTM or search for UTM on the Apple app store, where it's prebuilt (and that's what i use successfully).…
    comment by jjtheblunt · 2026-07-02 · in Qualcomm Linux 2.0
  4. …it's better then QEMU (speed/overhead), but Apple has no support to passthrough USB ports. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/3778
    comment by sysworld · 2026-03-03 · in MacBook Air with M5
  5. …OS on the monitor. [0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/presenting-c... [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by navanchauhan · 2025-11-17 · in People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones
  6. …Debian Linux will motivate Apple to restore iPadOS 16.2 (2022!) virtualization support, https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/5748 .
    comment by transpute · 2025-07-28 · in Terminal app can now run full graphical Linux apps in the latest Android Canary
  7. In case others were similarly confused, I thought that UTM was commercial but it is Apache 2 https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/blob/v4.6.5/LICENSE
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-05-20 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
  8. > I would love to see an emulator that could run later OS versions like Tiger. UTM. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by lproven · 2025-03-19 · in SheepShaver is an open source PowerPC Apple Macintosh emulator
  9. …answer is no. https://khronokernel.com/macos/2023/08/08/AS-VM.html https://kb.parallels.com/128867 https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5563
    comment by p_ing · 2025-03-12 · in M3 Ultra with 512GB memory and 2 VM limit
  10. …developer.apple.com/forums/thread/748130 iPad has a powerful chip, but iPadOS limit the power for it. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/3230 iPads do launch the kernel in EL2, but they don’t enable the hypervisor.
    comment by walterbell · 2024-11-08 · in Waiting for an OLED MacBook Air? It might get delayed again
  11. …github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/1957#issuecomment-182... , https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/pull/2026 , https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/pull/5919
    comment by 5kg · 2024-06-26 · in Podman Desktop 1.11: Light mode, Kubernetes features, macOS improvements
  12. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/6260
    comment by whazor · 2024-05-10 · in Apple M4 benchmarks suggest it is the new single-core performance champ
  13. …pass them as arguments in the VM configuration. It's not intuitive but the instructions are here: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/2722
    comment by jki275 · 2023-08-31 · in UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
  14. …seems to perform much better for me. One issue might be that only OpenGL 2.1 is supported: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/4285
    comment by grav · 2023-08-31 · in UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
  15. …way to migrate their disk images from Parallels to UTM? These instructions may do the trick: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/4927#issuecomment-16294...
    comment by CharlesW · 2023-08-31 · in UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
  16. Looks like they added TPM just last month: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/3082
    comment by galleywest200 · 2023-08-31 · in UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
  17. …for sure. Until then sticking with Parallels. NOTE: An unofficial snapshot manager exists [2]. 1: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5484 2: https://github.com/Metamogul/UTM-Snapshot-Manager
    comment by chkhd · 2023-08-31 · in UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
  18. …about it [1,2] - [0] https://mybyways.com/blog/using-rosetta-in-a-utm-linux-vm-wi... - [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/4939 - [2] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5460
    comment by top_sigrid · 2023-08-23 · in Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
  19. UTM is open source too though: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM#license
    comment by robin_reala · 2023-08-20 · in Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
  20. …(Apache2). You can also add any argument supported by the bundled version of QEMU using the GUI. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/blob/main/LICENSE
    comment by noodlesUK · 2023-08-20 · in Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
  21. …UTM doesn't auto update, so you have to check for updates yourself on their GitHub releases page: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases
    comment by prime17569 · 2023-08-13 · in Ode to the M1
  22. I found UTM great for running a macOS vm on Mac: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by e12e · 2023-07-11 · in Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
  23. …[1] which uses the apple virtualization framework, while also being a simple frontend to QEMU. [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by gpsz · 2023-07-10 · in Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
  24. They do but it's experimental and only for Linux guests: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/tag/v2.2.4
    comment by maxmouchet · 2022-11-19 · in VMware Fusion 13 – native support for Apple Silicon Macs
  25. It's both free and open source ( https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ). You can pay 10$ to get automatic updates, which IMHO is a very fair price and you are helping support the project.
    comment by saghul · 2022-10-11 · in VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration
  26. …Pro jailbroken with fugu14/unc0ver. iOS 14.0-15.5b4 is supported on any M1 iPad running TrollStore. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases Otherwise, UTM has their own built in virtualization framework with JIT.
    comment by GeekyBear · 2022-10-11 · in Emulation on the M1 iPad Air [video]
  27. I think that I hit something similar to this issue: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/3946 I didn't set too much RAM, definitely less than 8GB.
    comment by vbezhenar · 2022-08-22 · in QEMU Internals (2021)
  28. …all macOS versions). It also now supports paravirtualisation using the hypervisor framework. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by _kbh_ · 2022-06-26 · in VirtualBuddy: Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon
  29. …are changing now with today's announcements?) - UTM has a number of ios-specific limitations: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/wiki/Known%20Issues#ios-specif...
    comment by seltzered_ · 2022-06-07 · in iPadOS 16
  30. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM The cool thing about UTM is that it runs hardware virt and emulation, so you can run x86 on M1, which Vmware Fusion cannot do.
    comment by sitkack · 2022-05-26 · in Broadcom to acquire VMware for $61B
  31. …that it’s enabled by default. You might want to submit a new discussion on their GitHub project: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions The devs are very active there.
    comment by cpach · 2022-04-20 · in QEMU 7.0
  32. Also UTM if you are a cheap ass like me. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM I use native virtualisation to run Debian arm64 and emulation to run Debian x86-64
    comment by hughrr · 2022-03-08 · in Apple Mac Studio
  33. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/tag/v2.2.4 (macOS 11.3+ Only) Bridged networking and shared networking support.
    comment by sigjuice · 2022-02-13 · in Running macOS in a Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Macs
  34. …what UTM uses in the latest releases to virtualize macOS on ARM64? Works very well for me so far. https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases
    comment by 0x0 · 2022-02-12 · in Running macOS in a Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Macs
  35. …should be able to get decent performance and perfect isolation. You can use something like UTM ( https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ) or VMWare Fusion.
    comment by supernes · 2021-11-14 · in Ask HN: Development Environment Sandboxing on macOS
  36. …It seems that Virtualbox won't be supported and There is only one Linux VM option available [UTM]( https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ) I would hate to invest too much time for a new dev environment just for M1. How's your experience?
    comment by perlwle · 2021-09-22 · in The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
  37. …want a GUI. For an easy out of box experience, open source, GUI based tool I suggest checking out https://github.com/utmapp/UTM . There's also an app store version that supports the author I believe.
    comment by jpeeler · 2021-03-19 · in Docker for Mac M1 RC
  38. Have you given UTM ( https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ) a try? It can run ARM and Intel virtual machines. It's basically a wrapper around QEMU, and it can be a little unstable depending on your chosen configuration, but it'll work in a pinch.
    comment by lyptt · 2021-03-12 · in Experience with Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro as a Software Developer
  39. Check out https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/tree/master/patches
    comment by osy · 2021-02-25 · in Show HN: QEMU front end for M1 and Intel Macs
  40. For those looking for a UI and full desktop environment UTM has full support for the M1 now: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by prime31 · 2021-01-15 · in Show HN: Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs
  41. Interesting. I’m going to have to try this. This GitHub issue has more info: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/397
    comment by davv · 2020-10-24 · in iSH Shell
  42. …shenanigans[0] to cause the process to be entitled to JIT, and the shenanigans no longer work. 0: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/blob/1feb721a9474255bd112f9e42...
    comment by striking · 2020-10-22 · in iSH Shell
  43. It's running via https://github.com/utmapp/UTM , a qemu-based VM manager for iOS.
    comment by MaxLeiter · 2020-06-20 · in Mac OS X Leopard and Xcode on iPad Pro
  44. …be long until someone boots Xcode and compiles a simple app (though it would probably take hours!). https://github.com/utmapp/UTM . On the other hand, many smart people have started to port other languages, such as porting the Python…
    comment by zaptrem · 2020-04-21 · in XCode May Come to iPhone and iPad in iOS 14
  45. It does! https://github.com/utmapp/UTM
    comment by Operyl · 2020-04-14 · in Xnu-QEMU-Arm64: iOS on QEMU
  46. …at least for most webdevs. Sooner than later someone is going to be able to run android on this: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM and then the gates will open to ARM heaven, once developers find a way to do their jobs on an ipad the rest of…
    comment by jdmg94 · 2020-03-09 · in ARMed mac: not again or for real this time?
  47. …It's also mentioned in the source code of UTM, a virtual machine app for iOS: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/blob/ac89c106ecf9c765ea47bfe04...
    comment by kccqzy · 2020-02-24 · in Jailed Just-in-Time Compilation on iOS