VirtualBuddy

> require you to run the agent on your Mac instead of in a Sandbox You don't have to! All recent Macs come with nearly zero perf cost virtualization. You can easily run Mac or Linux VMs assuming same architecture. Use it all the time for development and whatever. Use Tart [1] or VirtualBuddy [2], both open-source, for a packaged solution. Or in the spirit of this post, vibe code your own wrapper 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

This is the use case I was attempting to solve with VirtualBuddy[0], but GhostVM looks like a far more compelling solution now. [0] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

Try VirtualBuddy https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

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 lightly. From https://eclecticlight.co/2022/11/17/lightweight-virtualisati... which is apparently still current: > Apple’s current implementation of lightweight virtualisation still has no support for Apple ID, iCloud, or any service dependent on them, including Handoff and AirDrop. Perhaps the most severe limitation resulting from this is that you can’t run the great majority of App Store apps, although Apple’s free apps including Pages, Numbers and Keynote can still be copied over from the host and run in a guest macOS. Same deal with VirtualBuddy, apparently the root of the problem is that some sort of har

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/

VirtualBuddy is my favorite mac vm thanks to their file sharing folder https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

I would be cautious or even distrustful of using anything from Oracle. VirtualBox components come under three different licenses - GPLv2, personal use & evaluation license, and an enterprise license. Their VirtualBox license FAQ [1] gives them enough leeway to change future licenses at will. If an exploit is discovered in your old VirtualBox and they've changed the license, you're out of luck. Be specially careful when installing their extension pack, as it is an evaluation license. We've moved our development to KVM and Virtual Machine Manager on Linux [3] and UTM on Mac [4]. There are other options to run your VM, such as Multipass [5] or VirtualBuddy [6]. On a digressive topic - it was fun migrating our legacy application server stack from Oracle Java (old & poorly considered decision) to OpenJDK, thanks to their license [2]. [1] ht

VirtualBuddy is a great open-source project that takes advantage of this framework: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

Comparing the example dagmx has linked and the source code[1], it looks like that's exactly what this 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...