openai/tart
macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon to use in CI and other automations observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7
- age_days: 1674
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 50
Adoption not part of the score
6589 stars · 350 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Tart is a CLI virtualization toolset for building, running, and managing macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon, built on Apple's Virtualization.Framework. It supports pushing and pulling VM images from OCI-compatible container registries and integrates with CI systems like GitHub Actions, GitLab Runner, and Buildkite.
Use cases
- run macOS vms on apple silicon for ci
- run ephemeral macos vms in gitlab ci
- store and share vm images in a container registry
- build vm images automatically with packer
- test software in isolated linux vms on a mac
- run github actions runners in vms
- manage vms at scale on a cluster of mac hosts
When to choose
- you need near-native macOS or Linux VMs on Apple Silicon hardware
- you want Docker-like push/pull workflows for VM images via OCI registries
- you need ephemeral, isolated CI runners on macOS
- you want to automate VM image creation with Packer
When to avoid
- you need VMs on Intel or Windows hosts - Tart is Apple Silicon only
- you need GPU passthrough or heavy graphics workloads
- you want a GUI-based VM manager like Parallels or VMware
- your hosts run macOS older than 13.0 (Ventura)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli developer-tools ci-cd deployment developer-tools self-hosted cli apple-silicon virtualization-framework oci-registry vm-management ci-runners packer-plugin orchard virtualization devops command-line automation macos docker
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/openai/tart · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4702b7b83d52
- homepage: https://tart.run · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4c1bef84f550
- site_page: https://tart.run/integrations/cirrus-cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1605e38963c
- site_page: https://tart.run/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · a859e826d85d
- site_page: https://tart.run/integrations/gitlab-runner · fetched 2026-08-29 · c32202c0798c
- site_page: https://tart.run/integrations/buildkite · fetched 2026-08-29 · 153ed4b0593a
- site_page: https://tart.run/integrations/packer · fetched 2026-08-29 · f40dc1d129c6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openai/tart | main | 99 |
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