SwiftVM
Native macOS app for running macOS, Linux, and Windows virtual machines.
## Supported guests
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows 11 for Arm
## Top level features
- macOS guests that install and set themselves up
- Linux guests from cloud images with automatic setup
- Linux desktops that install themselves: GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon
- Windows 11 that downloads from Microsoft and installs itself, logged in and with its drivers
- Setup scripts for everything else a new machine needs, in one file you write
- `ssh ` from your Mac
- Snapshots and duplicates that share unchanged disk blocks on APFS
- Templates: save a machine you set up, and create new ones from it
- Suspend and resume
- Shared folders and clipboard
- Port forwarding
- USB devices and disk images
- Lives in the menu bar
- `swiftvm` command-line tool
- Automation for scripts and AI agents: run commands in a guest, copy files, see its screen, use its mouse and keyboard
## Install
SwiftVM runs on macOS 27 or newer, on Apple silicon.
```bash
brew install --cask swiftvm-app/tap/swiftvm
```
Or download the DMG from the [latest release](https://github.com/swiftvm-app/swiftvm/releases/latest).
See [Getting started](docs/user-guide/getting-started.md) for your first virtual machine, the `swiftvm` command, and beta builds.
## Documentation
See [docs](https://swiftvm.app/docs).
## License
[Apache-2.0](LICENSE)