esxi-unlocker
VMware macOS utilities (by DrDonk)
auto-unlocker
Unlocker for VMWare macOS (by paolo-projects)
| esxi-unlocker | auto-unlocker | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | |
| 69 | 3,858 | |
| - | - | |
| 10.0 | 1.9 | |
| about 1 year ago | 12 months ago | |
| Python | C++ | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
esxi-unlocker
Posts with mentions or reviews of esxi-unlocker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-11.
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Violation of Reddiquette
There's plenty of subreddits like /r/hackintosh which don't have any care if you want to run it on ESXi or the like. If you're looking to use it for casual use or productivity, then I'd look at Hackintosh. Since I care more about using it from a server perspective, I'd use "Unlocker" that's been made to work for years. As long as you trust a random persons python scripts to run on your bare metal. https://github.com/DrDonk/esxi-unlocker
- Updated Racks for 2023
- Which Mac should I buy?
auto-unlocker
Posts with mentions or reviews of auto-unlocker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.
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Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
You can use VMware Workstation Player and an unlocker like Auto-Unlocker (https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker) to enable Mac OS as a guest. It works, but it's very slow because the Mac guest runs without GPU acceleration.
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Updated Racks for 2023
He recommends 'auto-locker': https://github.com/paolo-projects/auto-unlocker
- MacOS on VMware Workstation without Unlocker?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing esxi-unlocker and auto-unlocker you can also consider the following projects:
Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
unlocker - VMware Workstation macOS
vftool - A simple macOS Virtualisation.framework wrapper
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
nixos-apple-silicon - Resources to install NixOS bare metal on Apple Silicon Macs
macpine - Lightweight Linux VMs on MacOS