# osy/HaC-Mini

Intel NUC Hades Canyon Hackintosh support

Repository: https://github.com/osy/HaC-Mini
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hac-mini
Language: ASL
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-09-03T21:33:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2625, "days_push": 729, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1223, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.679193+00:00)

## What it is
A complete Hackintosh solution and guide for running macOS on the Intel NUC Hades Canyon (NUC8i7HNK/NUC8i7HVK), including custom drivers, ACPI patches, and OpenCore configuration. It is the only Hackintosh project built from scratch to target a specific non-Apple board.

## Use cases
- install macOS on an Intel NUC Hades Canyon
- build a Mac mini alternative from a NUC8i7HVK
- get Thunderbolt 3 and eGPU hotplug working in macOS on a NUC
- enable 5K display and GPU acceleration on a Hackintosh
- set up iMessage, iCloud, and FileVault on a Hackintosh
- find ACPI patches and kexts for the NUC8i7HNK

## When to choose
- you own a NUC8i7HNK or NUC8i7HVK and want a polished, near-complete macOS experience
- you want a Hackintosh setup that requires no manual config editing
- you need Thunderbolt, eGPU, audio, and power management working on this specific board

## When to avoid
- you want to Hackintosh any machine other than the Hades Canyon NUC
- you need a general-purpose Hackintosh guide for arbitrary hardware
- you require official Apple hardware support or warranty

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, apple-ecosystem, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: hackintosh, efi, opencore, kexts, nuc, hades-canyon, acpi, firmware-patching, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- osy/HaC-Mini (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.679193+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:34.319671+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/osy/HaC-Mini (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.679193+00:00, sha 70e64d69904b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.