OSX-KVM: Run macOS on Linux with KVM Virtualization

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Running macOS on non-Apple hardware has been a pursuit of enthusiasts and developers for years, but it has always required navigating technical complexities and legal gray areas. OSX-KVM (kholia/OSX-KVM on GitHub) provides the most comprehensive and maintained open-source toolkit for running macOS as a KVM virtual machine on Linux hosts, with near-native performance through hardware acceleration and GPU passthrough.

Created by Dhiru Kholia and maintained by a dedicated community, OSX-KVM has become the definitive resource for macOS virtualization on Linux, with over 20,000 GitHub stars. The project provides everything needed to set up a macOS virtual machine: automated scripts for creating bootable disk images, OpenCore bootloader configurations customized for KVM, performance tuning parameters, and detailed documentation for GPU passthrough and networking.

WebVM: Linux Virtual Machine Running in Your Browser

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The idea of running a complete operating system in a web browser sounds like science fiction, but WebVM (leaningtech/webvm on GitHub) makes it a reality. Developed by Leaning Technologies, WebVM is a full Linux virtual machine that runs entirely in the browser using WebAssembly, requiring no server-side infrastructure, no installation, and no cloud account.

At the heart of WebVM is CheerpX, an x86-to-WebAssembly virtual machine engine developed by the same team. CheerpX dynamically translates x86 machine code to WebAssembly at runtime, enabling unmodified Linux binaries to execute in the browser environment with impressive performance. The result is a fully functional Linux terminal with shell access, a complete filesystem, network capabilities, and package management – all running in a browser tab.

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OSX-KVM: Run macOS on Linux with KVM Virtualization

WebVM: Linux Virtual Machine Running in Your Browser