esxi-unlocker VS ec2-macos-init

Compare esxi-unlocker vs ec2-macos-init and see what are their differences.

ec2-macos-init

EC2 macOS Init is the launch daemon used to initialize Mac instances within EC2. (by aws)
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esxi-unlocker ec2-macos-init
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495 142
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0.0 3.6
8 months ago 7 months ago
Python Go
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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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 2022-01-19.
  • Mac OS Hardware recommendations for Lab
    1 project | /r/homelab | 18 Oct 2022
    It is relatively simple nowadays, only requires one to acquire: bootable macOS ISO, unlocker software (I think this can be found via shanyungyang on GitHub) and the VMware tools for macOS, and SSH/root access to the VMware host (7 or older).
  • How To Run Multiple macOS Instances on One Host Computer?
    3 projects | /r/HomeServer | 19 Jan 2022
    The problem is that I'd argue the right solution for this is ESXi... There really isn't any hardware you can get anymore. The trashcan Mac Pros are on the HCL, the newer cheesegrater Mac Pros are not, and never will be. I do think they put the last x86 Mac Minis on the HCL. There are basically zero VDI solutions that you can spin up in-house. I might suggest just using this with a run-of-the-mill ESXi box, installing Darwin VMware tools intended for Fusion guests.
  • [W] [USA-NC] Apple XServe 3,1
    1 project | /r/homelabsales | 22 Nov 2021
    Just run this on any esxi server you have and then install OSX on a vm on it. https://github.com/shanyungyang/esxi-unlocker
  • MacOS Mojave Server on ESXi 6.7 with AMD Opteron 6380's
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 13 Apr 2021
    Here's 3.0.2: https://github.com/shanyungyang/esxi-unlocker

ec2-macos-init

Posts with mentions or reviews of ec2-macos-init. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esxi-unlocker and ec2-macos-init you can also consider the following projects:

OSX-KVM - Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Monterey + Ventura + Sonoma support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.

greenclip - Simple clipboard manager to be integrated with rofi - Static binary available

homebrew-aws - Homebrew is a package manager for macOS which provides easy installation and update management of additional software. This Tap (repository) contains the Formulae that are used in the macOS AMI that AWS offers.

micromdm - Mobile Device Management server

ExpansionCards - Reference designs and documentation to create Expansion Cards for the Framework Laptop

amazon-ec2-instance-selector - A CLI tool and go library which recommends instance types based on resource criteria like vcpus and memory

Pytorch - Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration

quickemu - Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines. [Moved to: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu]

AutoSpotting - Saves up to 90% of AWS EC2 costs by automating the use of spot instances on existing AutoScaling groups. Installs in minutes using CloudFormation or Terraform. Convenient to deploy at scale using StackSets. Uses tagging to avoid launch configuration changes. Automated spot termination handling. Reliable fallback to on-demand instances.

rpCheckup - rpCheckup is an AWS resource policy security checkup tool that identifies public, external account access, intra-org account access, and private resources.

pipelines-xcode - Sample Xcode application referred to by Azure Pipelines documentation