# nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad

People have dreamed of running macOS on iPad for more than a decade. Today, that dream comes true. With Virtual Mac, iPad finally breaks free from iPadOS, enabling pro apps like Xcode, Terminal, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro to run directly on device. Requires iPad Pro (M1, M2) or iPad Air (M1) running iPadOS 14 up to 16.3.1.

Repository: https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/virtualmaconipad
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:09:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 2
- inputs: {"age_days": 30, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1296, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.021252+00:00)

## What it is
Virtual Mac on iPad is a jailbreak-only application that runs full macOS in a virtual machine on Apple Silicon iPads (M1/M2). It uses the iPad's hypervisor capabilities to boot macOS versions from Monterey to Tahoe directly on device.

## Use cases
- run macOS on an iPad
- use Xcode on iPad
- run Final Cut Pro or Logic Pro on iPad
- boot a macOS virtual machine on Apple Silicon iPad
- get a desktop OS experience on iPadOS

## When to choose
- you have a jailbroken iPad Pro M1/M2 or iPad Air M1 on iPadOS 14–16.3.1
- you want to run Mac-only pro apps directly on an iPad
- you want an on-device macOS VM without network dependency

## When to avoid
- your iPad is not jailbroken or runs iPadOS newer than 16.3.1
- you need a stable, Apple-supported solution
- your iPad has limited RAM (less than 16 GB recommended)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui
- domain: operating-systems, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: macos, virtualization, jailbreak, ipad, hypervisor, ios

## Member repositories
- nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.021252+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 2026-08-30T04:53:58.270822+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nfzerox/VirtualMacOniPad (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.021252+00:00, sha e1ef8779e8c2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.