# VirtualBuddy

A native macOS VM manager for testing your app on every version of macOS, including betas.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/virtualbuddy
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/virtualbuddy.md
Website: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

- Category: [Developer utilities](https://softbests.com/category/developer-tools)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS
- Underrated

## Best for

Mac developers who need to run macOS 12+ releases and betas on Apple Silicon without another Mac.

## Why it deserves attention

VirtualBuddy downloads Apple's IPSW images and walks through creating a macOS virtual machine, with support for macOS 12 and later, saved states, snapshots, custom disk and network settings, and shared clipboard. It is built with Apple's Virtualization framework, BSD-2 licensed, has about 8,900 GitHub stars, and ships frequent updates for new macOS betas. It targets macOS guests on Apple Silicon only; running Linux or Windows guests needs a different tool such as UTM or a fork.

## Can replace

- Parallels Desktop
- VMware Fusion

## Related and alternatives

- [OrbStack](https://softbests.com/software/orbstack)
- [Mac.apk](https://softbests.com/software/mac-apk)