OpenCorePkg
OpenCore bootloader (by acidanthera)
OC-tool
POSIX shell script that builds an OpenCore EFI folder from an OpenCore config.plist (by rusty-bits)
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| OpenCorePkg | OC-tool | |
|---|---|---|
| 185 | 10 | |
| 12,716 | 210 | |
| 1.2% | - | |
| 9.2 | 7.7 | |
| 6 days ago | over 2 years ago | |
| C | Shell | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" 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.
OpenCorePkg
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenCorePkg.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
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iOS Wi-Fi Profile Generator
Here's a large example with nested arrays and dicts, integers, strings, etc:
https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/blob/master/Docs/...
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Beeper Mini Is Back
The hackintosh community has tools to generate those #s. e.g. https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/tree/master/Utili...
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[HOW TO] OpenCore 0.9.6 >> 0.9.7 differences
OpenCore 0.9.7 is out. You can get it from Acidanthera.
- Mac pro 4.1/5.1 whats everyone else running?
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[HOW TO] OpenCore 0.9.5 >> 0.9.6 differences
OpenCore 0.9.6 is out. Although there is only 1 change in config.plist (useful only for Max OS X 10.4 and 10.5), the code continues to receive improvements and fixes.https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/releases
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ventura
acidanthera for OpenCore and half the kexts here
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Ode to the M1
I just installed MacOS Ventura yesterday on a 2013 MacBook Pro by using OpenCore. Worth checking out if you haven’t already considered it: https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg#readme
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issues i have with opencore bootloader (read below)
IF you don't have opencore downloaded, don't download from their link, go directly to the dortania guide here and download version 0.9.2: https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/releases/
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Ventura Update stuck on [EB|#LOG:EXITBS:START] (Haswell)
You also seem to be using an older version of OpenCore, so updating that would be a good idea if you get the GPU issue sorted.
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Booting Windows error: OCB: StartImage failed - Already started - what to do under BlessOverride?
This is due to OpenCore getting confused when trying to boot Windows and accidentally thinking it's booting OpenCore. This can be avoided by either move Windows to it's own drive or adding a custom drive path under BlessOverride. See Configuration.pdf (opens new window)for more details.
OC-tool
Posts with mentions or reviews of OC-tool.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-06.
- OC-tool updated for new released OpenCore 0.7.3 - may be last update for this version of the tool as I concentrate on writing the new version - octool
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Does OpenCore 6.9 support macOS Monterey?
Another alternative if you like command line utils would be using OC-tool, drop your old config in the INPUT folder, place your custom ACPI patches and kexts in EXTRAS and use that. It has a nice TUI to sort out the config and get things going in a proper way.
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OpenCore 0.71 is Out!
I use https://github.com/rusty-bits/OC-tool since 5.x. Very easy to use in the terminal. Just RTFM and upgrades will be a breeze. You can also try out the latest builds long before the official release is published.
- OC-tool updated to make use of OpenCore 0.7.0 resources. Reminder: this tool is not endorsed or official in any way. Make sure you read all the update info from Acidanthera so you know what's changed.
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Opencore 0.7.0 is out!
When you have a working config take a look at https://github.com/rusty-bits/OC-tool I've been updating and editing with this tool for long simple instructions works great.
- For those interested, finally got around to updating OC-tool for OpenCore 0.6.8 (only a day late) (remember: this is not an official tool, you still need to correctly make your config.plist for OC-tool to build a working EFI folder from it)
- For those interested, finally got around to updating OC-tool for OpenCore 0.6.8 (only a day late)
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Secure boot or OC Vault
I wrote a tool that will do this automatically, among other things, but it is still a good idea to get it working manually so you know how the process works.
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OpenCore update question
I don't use it (I prefer to do it manually) but OC-tool is doing that for you!
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OC-tool, the unofficial unendorsed by acidanthera tool for building an EFI from a config.plist, has been updated for OpenCore release 0.6.5 and source 0.6.6
'git clone https://github.com/rusty-bits/OC-tool' to get as a repo
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenCorePkg and OC-tool you can also consider the following projects:
OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide
OcBinaryData
octool - OpenCore config.plist visualizer + editor that also generates an EFI folder based on the settings in the config.plist
gibMacOS - Py2/py3 script that can download macOS components direct from Apple
itlwm - Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS
ProperTree - Cross platform GUI plist editor written in python.
RestrictEvents
SSDTTime - SSDT/DSDT hotpatch attempts.
GenSMBIOS - Py script that uses acidanthera's macserial to generate SMBIOS and optionally saves them to a plist.
OpenCore-Post-Install - https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Post-Install/
KVM-Opencore - OpenCore disk image for running macOS VMs on Proxmox/QEMU
OpenCorePkg vs OpenCore-Install-Guide
OC-tool vs OpenCore-Install-Guide
OpenCorePkg vs OcBinaryData
OC-tool vs octool
OpenCorePkg vs gibMacOS
OpenCorePkg vs itlwm
OpenCorePkg vs ProperTree
OpenCorePkg vs RestrictEvents
OpenCorePkg vs SSDTTime
OpenCorePkg vs GenSMBIOS
OpenCorePkg vs OpenCore-Post-Install
OpenCorePkg vs KVM-Opencore