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Top 23 Hackintosh Open-Source Projects
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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.
I used Kholia's scripts[1] on Qemu with Virsh. I didn't have much trouble other than some SELinux permission issues which I resolved quickly.
iCloud/imessage have always been finicky with Hackintosh, but in my experience setting the correct serial number with appropriate Mac model is the key to resolve those issues.
With just couple of years of Hackintosh scene left before support for x86 Macs are dropped completely, a VM Hackintosh makes more sense to me than building a physical Hackintosh.
[1]https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
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Project mention: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-17
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I encourage you to check out the OSX-PROXMOX project, which fully supports AMD and is designed to simplify these inside-a-VM setups (though not as much as a Docker setup). https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX
Also, there are a couple of kext projects that allow you to use AMD graphics, even iGPUs, on Hackintoshes. I have not tested this myself, but there are rumblings you may even be able to get this to work with a Steam Deck.
https://github.com/ChefKissInc/NootedRed
https://github.com/ChefKissInc/NootRX
A lot has changed in the Hackintosh space around AMD of late. I don’t think the automatic pessimism is as warranted as it once was.
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OneClick-macOS-Simple-KVM
Tools to set up a easy, quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM. Works on Linux AND Windows.
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x1c6-hackintosh
READMEs, OpenCore configurations, patches, and notes for the Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen 2018 Hackintosh
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I encourage you to check out the OSX-PROXMOX project, which fully supports AMD and is designed to simplify these inside-a-VM setups (though not as much as a Docker setup). https://github.com/luchina-gabriel/OSX-PROXMOX
Also, there are a couple of kext projects that allow you to use AMD graphics, even iGPUs, on Hackintoshes. I have not tested this myself, but there are rumblings you may even be able to get this to work with a Steam Deck.
https://github.com/ChefKissInc/NootedRed
https://github.com/ChefKissInc/NootRX
A lot has changed in the Hackintosh space around AMD of late. I don’t think the automatic pessimism is as warranted as it once was.
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OC-Little-Translated
ACPI hotpatches, fixes, and guides for OpenCore. Optimize your Hackintosh and run macOS 13+ on Wintel PCs with OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
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DellXPS15-9550-OSX
Tutorial for a full working Mac OS (10.11 up to 11.0) enviroment on the Dell XPS 15 (9550)
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t480-oc
💻 Lenovo ThinkPad T480 / T580 / X280 Hackintosh (macOS Monterey 12.x - Sequoia 15.x) - OpenCore
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hackintosh
Hackintosh v3 (i7-9700K + Radeon RX 5700 XT) - OpenCore 1.0.3 + Kexts + BIOS - macOS 15.3.1 (Sequoia) (by shiruken)
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Hackintosh discussion
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Developing Inside a Virtual Machine
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(HELP Hackintosh)Big sur kernal panic Ryzen 5 5500 (without igpu), ,Nvidia GT710 ,MB Gigabyte B450M Gaming .
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Ventura on Ryzen 3600/RX 590/B450
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Infrequent screen flickering when bowsing in Ventura. | Dell Precision 5520, Intel core i7 6820HQ, Intel HD 530 graphics.
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Works, but doesn’t???
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OpenCore from USB does not find MacOS installation partition on SSD after first reboot
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90% success for Dell Precision 5520, Intel core i7 6820HQ
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Hackintosh projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | OSX-KVM | 21,665 |
| 2 | macOS-Simple-KVM | 13,739 |
| 3 | quickemu | 11,910 |
| 4 | XiaoMi-Pro-Hackintosh | 2,639 |
| 5 | NootedRed | 1,789 |
| 6 | OC-little | 1,630 |
| 7 | KVM-Opencore | 1,392 |
| 8 | quickgui | 1,110 |
| 9 | SMCAMDProcessor | 1,083 |
| 10 | ryzen-hackintosh | 1,059 |
| 11 | OneClick-macOS-Simple-KVM | 749 |
| 12 | Nucintosh | 748 |
| 13 | Hackintosh-Intel-i9-10900k-Gigabyte-Z490-Vision-D | 689 |
| 14 | x1c6-hackintosh | 648 |
| 15 | NootRX | 649 |
| 16 | OC-Little-Translated | 636 |
| 17 | tongfang-macos | 483 |
| 18 | DellXPS15-9550-OSX | 455 |
| 19 | t480-oc | 442 |
| 20 | Xiaomi-Mi-Air | 395 |
| 21 | Matebook-X-Pro-2018 | 384 |
| 22 | NUC8I5BEH | 362 |
| 23 | hackintosh | 352 |
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