# benbaker76/Hackintool

The Swiss army knife of vanilla Hackintoshing

Repository: https://github.com/benbaker76/Hackintool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hackintool
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-26T13:28:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2681, "days_push": 160, "days_rel": 257, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3476, forks 269 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:06.132977+00:00)

## What it is
Hackintool is a macOS GUI utility for vanilla Hackintosh hardware patching, best known for Intel framebuffer patching from Sandy Bridge through Ice Lake. It reads live framebuffer kext data, generates Clover/OpenCore patches, patches audio layout IDs, and builds USB port maps like USBPorts.kext.

## Use cases
- patch intel framebuffer for hackintosh graphics
- generate clover config.plist patches for igpu
- map usb ports and create USBPorts.kext
- fix hdmi black screen on hackintosh
- patch audio layout id on hackintosh
- increase dvmt pre-allocated memory for intel gpu
- dump and edit framebuffer data from whatevergreen

## When to choose
- you are building a hackintosh and need manual Intel iGPU framebuffer patching
- you need to map USB ports or apply USB port limit patches
- you want to export patches in Clover hex, base64, or Devices/Properties formats

## When to avoid
- you want a fully automated hackintosh installer with no manual work
- you are on real Mac hardware and do not need kext patching
- you are unwilling to read framebuffer patching guides first

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, configuration-management, security
- domain: hardware, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: hackintosh, intel-framebuffer-patching, clover, opencore, lilu, whatevergreen, usb-mapping, gpu-patching, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- benbaker76/Hackintool (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.132977+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 2026-08-29T18:36:31.513511+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/benbaker76/Hackintool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.132977+00:00, sha a5fa3b81529c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.