Darling: Run macOS Software on Linux

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  1. darling

    Darwin/macOS emulation layer for Linux

    xcodebuild CLI to compile iOS apps without a Mac. Seems possible in theory, although there's an ongoing issue some are seeing apparently: https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/issues/488

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  3. touchHLE

    High-level emulator for iPhone OS apps. This repo is used for issues, releases and CI. Submit patches at: https://review.gerrithub.io/admin/repos/touchHLE/touchHLE

    This project is the most promising and it does what you say, except they're starting with iOS 1.0 so you'll have to be patient!

    https://touchhle.org/

  4. osxcross

    Mac OS X cross toolchain for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Android (Termux)

  5. setup-osxcross

    Github Action for setting up osxcross in a github action for cross compiling from Linux to Mac

  6. macOS-Simple-KVM

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

    I'm a 30 year linux veteran and windows free for over 22. I di d have a windows vm for some time because I have some music stuff that doesn't work with linux, like a nord keyboard and some guitar stuff.

    But i burnt the vm with fire when I found https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM

  7. pts-osxcross

    compile C and C++ programs for macOS on Linux amd64

    On a Linux host, use pts-osxcross (https://github.com/pts/pts-osxcross) to target macOS, it contains Clang and other build tools precompiled for Linux amd64.

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