azenla / virtual

Linux Virtual Machines on macOS

virtual

Boot Linux VMs in a single command on macOS using the new Virtualization.framework

Requirements

• macOS Big Sur
• Xcode 12 (for build)

Install

$ brew install kendfinger/tools/virtual

Usage

$ virtual -k ubuntu/vmlinuz -r ubuntu/initrd -d ubuntu/ubuntu.iso --network
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ubuntu hvc0
ubuntu login:

Credits

Huge credit to Khaos Tian who inspired this project by the creation of SimpleVM.