xdissent/ievms
Automated installation of the Microsoft IE App Compat virtual machines observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5507
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2393
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
9767 stars · 482 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A shell script that automates downloading and installing Microsoft's IE App Compat virtual machine images (IE6 through IE11 and MSEdge) into VirtualBox with a single command. It simplifies setting up legacy Windows browser environments for cross-browser website testing.
Use cases
- set up internet explorer virtual machines for testing
- test website in ie6 ie7 ie8 ie9 ie10 ie11
- automate installation of microsoft ie app compat vms
- run legacy edge browser in virtualbox
- cross-browser testing on linux or mac
- spin up windows vms for browser compatibility checks
When to choose
- you need to test websites in old IE versions on a non-Windows host
- you use VirtualBox and want one-command setup of Microsoft's official VM images
- you want reproducible legacy browser environments without manual downloads
When to avoid
- you need modern browser testing (use Selenium, Playwright, or BrowserStack instead)
- you don't use VirtualBox or lack ~69GB of disk space
- you need actively maintained tooling - the project and Microsoft's VM images are dated
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
developer-tools workflow-automation testing e2e-testing developer-tools testing web-development cross-platform windows cli virtualbox internet-explorer browser-testing virtual-machines legacy-browser shell-script cross-browser-testing linux macos docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms · fetched 2026-08-28 · d0c70e466fa1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xdissent/ievms | main | 23 |
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