SwiftVM

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 <machine> 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.

brew install --cask swiftvm-app/tap/swiftvm

Or download the DMG from the latest release.

See Getting started for your first virtual machine, the swiftvm command, and beta builds.

Documentation

See docs.

License

Apache-2.0