# timsutton/osx-vm-templates

macOS templates for Packer and VeeWee.

Repository: https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/osx-vm-templates
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: virtualization, packer, vmware, virtualbox, macos, vagrant, parallels
Last push: 2024-05-28T16:38:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4794, "days_push": 827, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1129, forks 242 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.032376+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Packer templates and support scripts that build unattended macOS installer media and produce Vagrant-compatible virtual machine boxes. It supports VMware Fusion, VirtualBox, and Parallels providers and can be customized for CI or other non-Vagrant uses.

## Use cases
- build macOS Vagrant boxes automatically with Packer
- create unattended macOS VM installs for testing
- generate macOS VM images for CI pipelines
- automate macOS VM provisioning on VMware, VirtualBox, or Parallels
- prepare customized macOS base boxes with Chef or Puppet installed

## When to choose
- you need reproducible macOS Vagrant boxes built from official installers
- you want unattended macOS installs for CI or development environments
- you use Packer with VMware, VirtualBox, or Parallels on a Mac host

## When to avoid
- you need modern macOS versions beyond Sierra (10.12)
- you want to virtualize macOS on non-Apple hardware (licensing and support limitations)
- you use VeeWee, whose support is unmaintained here

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: infrastructure-as-code, configuration-management, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: packer, vagrant, vmware, virtualbox, parallels, macos-vms, box-building, shell-scripts, devops, virtualization, automation, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- timsutton/osx-vm-templates (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.032376+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 2026-08-30T06:38:27.807744+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.032376+00:00, sha 49f9c2781d2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.