nktnet1/macos-wayland

Running containerised MacOS on Linux (wayland) using https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX

MacOS Wayland

Running containerised MacOS on Linux (wayland) using:

• https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX

For legal reasons, please note that Apple's Terms of Service require this software to be run on Apple hardware.

Prerequisites:

• use linux on wayland
• install podman & podman-compose

Usage:

./start.sh MACOS_VERSION

Example:

./start.sh monterey

Valid MacOS versions are:

• sonoma (v14)
• ventura (v13)
• monterey (v12) (tested)
• big-sur (v11) (tested)
• catalina (v10.15) (tested)

Note: you can configure the podman-compose.yaml, e.g. to change the allocated RAM (default: 16).

Video instructions after the MacOS machine is running:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLezYl77Ll8

Further information

Setup instructions were inspired by:

• sickcodes/Docker-OSX#410
• sickcodes/Docker-OSX#733

Tested on Arch Linux, Hyprland.