# xdissent/ievms

Automated installation of the Microsoft IE App Compat virtual machines

Repository: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ievms
Homepage: http://xdissent.github.com/ievms
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-02-13T17:02:43+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": 5507, "days_push": 2393, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9767, forks 482 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.102244+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, workflow-automation, testing, e2e-testing
- domain: developer-tools, testing, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: virtualbox, internet-explorer, browser-testing, virtual-machines, legacy-browser, shell-script, cross-browser-testing, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- xdissent/ievms (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.102244+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 2026-08-29T17:21:02.725671+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xdissent/ievms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.102244+00:00, sha d0c70e466fa1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.