vcmi vs UTM

vcmi

Open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III (by kambala-decapitator)

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vcmi.eu

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UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS (by utmapp)

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getutm.app

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vcmi		UTM
	Project
4	Mentions	242
11	Stars	24,231
-	Growth	1.5%
0.0	Activity	9.6
9 days ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
C++	Language	Swift
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

vcmi

Posts with mentions or reviews of vcmi. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-12.

How do I play Heroes 3 on iPad
3 projects | /r/heroes3 | 12 Nov 2022

With alt store and https://github.com/kambala-decapitator/vcmi/releases/tag/1.0.0 You need original data from homm3 like GOG homm3 complete
Is it still possible to get HoMM 3 on iOS? Any solution is important.
1 project | /r/HoMM | 1 Apr 2022
Heroes 3 on iPad Pro 2018 12
1 project | /r/iosgaming | 1 Apr 2022

If anyone is motivated for helping VCMI to get ported on ios , there is an alpha build for ios : https://github.com/kambala-decapitator/vcmi/releases
Homm3 / VCMI on iOS
1 project | /r/heroes3 | 24 Nov 2021

Here is a interesting project of adapting VCMI to iOS : Issues · kambala-decapitator/vcmi (github.com)

UTM

Posts with mentions or reviews of UTM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-30.

Is it impossible to upgrade from 15.1 to 16.3?
1 project | /r/Trollstore | 9 Dec 2023

If you have TrollStore then install the HV version of UTM to try for yourself: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/latest/download/UTM.HV.ipa
UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Aug 2023
Giving up the iPad-only travel dream
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Aug 2023
Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Aug 2023

Researching a little showed that this is basically what can be expected running x86 emulation and the systems will just be wonky and slow, although it was running flawlessly, just slow.
There seem to be ways to use Rosetta2 inside a VM [0] to then translate binaries but I found no official support or documentation (using UTM+QEMU that was), this would be such a cool feature, at least there are discussions about it [1,2]
- [0] https://mybyways.com/blog/using-rosetta-in-a-utm-linux-vm-wi...
- [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/4939
- [2] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5460
Run a macOS VM on Apple Silicon from a double-click with Vimy
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Aug 2023

UTM is open source too though: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM#license
Is there a way that I can dual boot iPadOS with Windows 11?
1 project | /r/windows | 23 Jul 2023
UTM – Run Virtual Machines on iOS
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jul 2023
UTM for Developers
2 projects | dev.to | 17 Jul 2023

UTM makes it easy to set up and manage macOS and Windows virtual machines. This can be especially useful for developers such as Tauri contributors who need to test their applications across multiple platforms, or for those looking to experiment with different operating systems without affecting their primary system.
What is the best way to run Windows 10 or 11 (whatever is better) on a 2020 MacBook Air M1?
1 project | /r/mac | 16 Jul 2023

If you don't need high performance and want to use the OS only occasionally, check UTM.app, at https://mac.getutm.app/ (or https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ). Free, open source.
Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
18 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jul 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vcmi and UTM you can also consider the following projects:

vcmi - Open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III

QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

ish - Linux shell for iOS

Code-Server - VS Code in the browser

terraform-provider-libvirt - Terraform provider to provision infrastructure with Linux's KVM using libvirt

PojavLauncher - A Minecraft: Java Edition Launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This repository contains source code for Android platform.

iOS-OTA-Downgrader - A multi-purpose script to save blobs, restore, and jailbreak supported legacy iOS devices [Moved to: https://github.com/LukeZGD/Legacy-iOS-Kit]

vftool - A simple macOS Virtualisation.framework wrapper

multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

Pojav launcher - A Minecraft: Java Edition Launcher for Android and iOS based on Boardwalk. This repository contains source code for iOS/iPadOS platform.