Lume

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A lightweight CLI and local API server to create, run and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines (VMs) natively on Apple Silicon.

Lightweight Mac/Linux VM tool for Apple Silicon Macs

About

• A tool that runs macOS and Linux VMs at near-native speed using Apple's Virtualization.Framework
• Creates/runs/manages VMs through a local API server with a lightweight CLI
• Just enter lume run macos-sequoia-vanilla:latest to create a VM in one go from a prebuilt macOS image
• Provides a local HTTP API server at http://localhost:3000/lume, enabling automated management

Supported commands

• lume create - create a new macOS or Linux VM
• lume run - run a VM
• lume ls - list all VMs
• lume get - get details of a VM
• lume set - modify VM configuration
• lume stop - stop a running VM
• lume delete - delete a VM
• lume pull - pull a macOS image from a container registry
• lume clone - clone an existing VM
• lume images - list macOS images in the local cache
• lume ipsw - get the latest macOS restore image URL
• lume prune - remove cached images
• lume serve - start the API server

See also

• VM

Favorite site

• Github - trycua/lume