macOS

Try Omarchy is a macOS application that runs the upstream Omarchy desktop on Apple Silicon Macs without manual setup. It packages a project-built ARM64 Arch Linux image configured with Omarchy Quattro, a QEMU runtime using Apple's Hypervisor Framework, and a Swift/AppKit launcher. The guest image is built from pinned Arch Linux ARM packages and a pinned Omarchy source revision, with temporary fixes recorded by hash in the guest build specification. The application provides hardware-accelerated ARM64 virtualization and VirGL graphics, a resizable native window with automatic guest-resolution and HiDPI updates, Mac audio input and output selection, two-way clipboard sharing for text and PNG images, one optional shared Mac folder, and loopback-only TCP and UDP port forwarding from macOS into Omarchy. It is distributed as a signed and notarized DMG, and the first launch provisions the Linux account and guest environment. Video decoding is currently CPU-only, which can make high-resolution playback slow. Try Omarchy is not official or affiliated with Omarchy.

OmacVM is an open-source tool that installs and runs Omarchy, an Arch Linux ARM desktop, in a virtual machine on Apple Silicon Macs. A setup script builds the VM and configures it for OmacVM.app, UTM, VMware Fusion, or Parallels Desktop, while Mac-side helpers pass hardware and system features to the VM over a private network secured by a secret token. These integrations include trackpad gestures, macOS-like scrolling, keyboard and media keys, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, audio, battery status, displays, camera, microphone, clipboard sharing, theme and wallpaper synchronization, and the Omanotch bar beside the MacBook notch. The command-line interface can build VMs, switch features, update installations, check compatibility, manage VM resources, and list VMs. It requires an Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 15 for OmacVM.app or macOS 14 for the other virtualization routes, and about 30 GB of free disk space. OmacVM is released under the MIT license.

RunCat Neo is a macOS menu-bar utility with a running cat animation whose stride speed reflects CPU load. It can watch local JSON files in a documented format and render their contents as dashboard cards, including metrics such as GPU temperature, Claude Code usage, GitHub contributions, and reminders. Users can also create custom keyframe-based runner animations distributed through the Runner Gallery. The project is written in Swift and uses the LUCA architecture for SwiftUI development. The repository lists macOS 26.3 or later as compatible and provides installation through the App Store.

Kakehashi is a userspace macOS ARM64-to-Linux aarch64 translation layer for running Darwin Mach-O command-line binaries on ARM64 Linux without a virtual machine, JIT compiler, or instruction emulator. It loads Mach-O files, maps a freestanding libSystem environment, and translates BSD system calls at the guest–host boundary while handling guest threads and faults. The CLI provides live execution through `kh run` on Linux aarch64, plus a dry-load mode available on other hosts. It requires a manually assembled macOS guest filesystem, called a bottle, at the fixed path `~/.local/share/kakehashi/bottle/`; the project documents copying core directories from macOS and installing Apple Xcode Command Line Tools into the bottle. The repository states that the project is no longer maintained.