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Orka Desktop vs UTM: catalog facts
Orka Desktop	UTM
Free Free to use with no obligation, from MacStadium.	Freemium Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. A paid Mac App Store listing exists…
macOS	macOS, iOS
Graphical management of local macOS VMs Uses OCI images for sharing VM images	Hardware-accelerated virtualisation on macOS through Hypervisor.framework Full emulation of more than thirty architectures when you need a different one
Runs macOS guests on Mac hardware only Source code is not published	Emulating a different architecture is slow The iOS version needs a jailbreak or a workaround for full speed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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