tpoechtrager/osxcross
MacOS Cross-Toolchain for Linux and *BSD observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 4679
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 40
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3386 stars · 368 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OSXCross is a macOS cross-compilation toolchain that lets you build macOS binaries from Linux and *BSD hosts. It combines a host compiler, a packaged macOS SDK, Darwin-compatible binary utilities (cctools/ld64 or LLVM/lld), and compiler wrappers into target-prefixed commands.
Use cases
- cross-compile macos binaries from linux
- build macos app on bsd without a mac
- set up clang cross toolchain targeting arm64 and x86_64 macos
- create universal binaries for macos from a linux ci server
- compile c++ code for macos using cmake on linux
When to choose
- you need to build macOS binaries but only have Linux or BSD machines
- you want CI pipelines on Linux to produce macOS executables
- you need a scriptable, CMake-friendly cross toolchain with SDK sysroot handling
When to avoid
- you need to run or test macOS apps, not just compile them
- you require i386 or x86_64h targets with the LLVM flavor
- you cannot legally obtain a macOS SDK, since the toolchain requires one
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
compiler build-tool developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform compilers cli cpp cross-compilation toolchain macos-sdk clang gcc cmake darwin linker linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross · fetched 2026-08-28 · eb873ad5efbd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tpoechtrager/osxcross | main | 75 |
For agents
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