linux-noah/noah
Bash on Ubuntu on macOS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
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: n/a
- age_days: 3800
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2276
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1940 stars · 91 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Noah is a Darwin subsystem for Linux that runs Linux binaries directly on macOS by trapping Linux system calls and translating them into Darwin system calls. It acts as a hypervisor with an ELF interpreter, enabling unmodified Linux executables (with an Ubuntu userland) to run on macOS, similar to WSL for Windows.
Use cases
- run Linux command-line tools on macOS without a VM
- execute unmodified Linux ELF binaries on a Mac
- use Ubuntu packages and apt on macOS
- run Bash on Ubuntu on macOS like WSL
- test Linux software on macOS without Docker
- translate Linux syscalls to Darwin syscalls
When to avoid
- you need full Linux compatibility - many system calls are missing and most Linux apps don't work well
- you are on the latest macOS versions - the project is not actively maintained and may not run
- you need a production-grade or supported solution - Noah is explicitly experimental
- you need GUI Linux applications or modern kernel features
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
interpreter compiler developer-tools cli operating-systems developer-tools cross-platform cli linux-emulation hypervisor syscall-translation elf-interpreter ubuntu-on-macos wsl-alternative command-line macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/linux-noah/noah · fetched 2026-08-28 · c2a1f101454f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linux-noah/noah | main | 10 |
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