macOS-KVM VS quickemu

Compare macOS-KVM vs quickemu and see what are their differences.

macOS-KVM

Streamlined macOS QEMU KVM Hackintosh configuration using OpenCore and libvirt (by johncolby)

quickemu

Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines. (by quickemu-project)
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macOS-KVM quickemu
12 74
111 8,935
- 23.8%
2.6 8.7
over 2 years ago 6 days ago
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macOS-KVM

Posts with mentions or reviews of macOS-KVM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-05.
  • I really love using OpenCore Auxiliary Tools, so I wrote a little introductory guide
    8 projects | /r/hackintosh | 5 Feb 2022
    Does this guide solely focus on a bare metal install, or can I apply it to Hackintosh in virtual machines too? Used bare-metal for a few years but I’ve been trying to get a personalized kvm/OC config for my Monterey & Big Sur guests in proxmox 7. Both macOS versions boot and are decent but I do wish a host-setup like; https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM. Instead of the more general approach; https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore, https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore . Not to discredit either of them, I wouldn’t have a booting macOS without their guidance, but I’d like to tinker with it a bit further
  • Anyone got any good guides for making a VM work on AMD hardware?
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 23 Jan 2022
  • Consider VFIO for Hackintosh
    2 projects | /r/VFIO | 20 Sep 2021
    You can look at this resource - https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM. He links a couple of other guides- you should start with them first.
  • Help
    2 projects | /r/VFIO | 31 Jan 2021
  • single amd gpu passthrough tutorial
    2 projects | /r/VFIO | 18 Jan 2021
  • Flawless Big Sur 11.1 upgrade of OC KVM/QEMU Ryzen build
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 6 Jan 2021
    Here's the repo if you want to see more details: https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 6 Jan 2021
    https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM/blob/feda3a501292df66c8d3930c312f0baaa3b3fa5f/EFI/OC/config.plist#L391
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 6 Jan 2021
    I'm in the same situation as you...not doing much on the host, and only running one VM at a time. I just pin all of my CPU cores: https://github.com/johncolby/macOS-KVM/blob/feda3a501292df66c8d3930c312f0baaa3b3fa5f/libvirt/libvirt.xml#L25-L38.

quickemu

Posts with mentions or reviews of quickemu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing macOS-KVM and quickemu 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.

macOS-Simple-KVM - Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.

homebrew-qemu-virgl - A homebrew tap for qemu with support for 3d accelerated guests

ryzen-hackintosh - OpenCore EFI for AMD Ryzen Hackintosh

barrier - Open-source KVM software

Single-GPU-Passthrough

ryzentosh - OpenCore Configuration for Ryzen 3950x with ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) X570

distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

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.

virt-manager - Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt

kvm-guest-drivers-windows - Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU\KVM