machyve/xhyve
xhyve, a lightweight OS X virtualization solution observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- 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: n/a
- age_days: 4102
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1677
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6436 stars · 352 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
xhyve is a lightweight hypervisor for macOS, a port of FreeBSD's bhyve built on Apple's Hypervisor.framework. It runs entirely in userspace with no dependencies and can boot FreeBSD, some Linux distributions, and Windows 10.
Use cases
- run Linux VMs on macOS without VirtualBox
- lightweight headless virtualization on a Mac
- boot FreeBSD or Windows 10 in a VM on OS X
- run VMs entirely in userspace with no kernel extensions
- scriptable command-line VM management on macOS
When to choose
- you need a minimal, dependency-free hypervisor on macOS 10.10+
- you want scriptable, headless VMs via CLI
- you prefer bhyve-style simplicity over VirtualBox/VMware
When to avoid
- you need GPU acceleration or rich GUI features
- you need broad guest OS support or active development (project is largely unmaintained)
- you're on macOS 11+ where Virtualization.framework-based tools are better supported
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
cli developer-tools operating-systems cli hypervisor virtualization bhyve macos userspace vm
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/machyve/xhyve · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9804c7efb965
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| machyve/xhyve | main | 23 |
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