traderepublic/Cilicon
🛠️ Self-Hosted ephemeral macOS CI on Apple Silicon observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
62/100
- Activity 56
- Release rhythm 48
- Longevity 99
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 54.5
- age_days: 1395
- days_rel: 264
- days_push: 264
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
1187 stars · 43 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Cilicon is a self-hosted macOS app that uses Apple's Virtualization Framework to create, provision, and run ephemeral CI virtual machines on Apple Silicon with near-native performance. It supports GitHub Actions, Buildkite, GitLab Runner, and arbitrary scripts, pulling pre-built VM images via an integrated OCI client.
Use cases
- run ephemeral macOS CI runners on Apple Silicon
- self-host GitHub Actions runners on a Mac
- provision disposable macOS VMs for each CI job
- run GitLab Runner or Buildkite agents in isolated VMs
- pull prebuilt macOS CI images from OCI registries
- replace expensive hosted macOS CI with self-hosted hardware
When to choose
- you have Apple Silicon Mac hardware and want self-hosted macOS CI
- you need ephemeral, isolated VMs per CI job with near-native performance
- you use GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Buildkite and need macOS runners
When to avoid
- you need CI on Linux or Windows hosts
- you don't have Apple Silicon hardware
- you want a fully managed hosted CI solution without maintaining Macs
Facets
application · maturity active
ci-cd deployment developer-tools developer-tools self-hosted apple-ecosystem self-hosted apple-silicon ephemeral-vms github-actions-runner gitlab-runner buildkite virtualization-framework tart oci-images virtualization devops macos desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/traderepublic/Cilicon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 719b96ab0b6e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| traderepublic/Cilicon | main | 62 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="traderepublic/Cilicon")
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