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OSX-KVM vs Quickemu: catalog facts
OSX-KVM	Quickemu
Free Free to use; the maintainer offers only paid commercial support.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux	Linux, macOS, Command line
No Mac hardware required Uses OpenCore with support for Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma	quickget downloads the official image and writes the config for you Sensible QEMU options chosen from your actual hardware
Only paid support is offered Apple's license terms restrict running macOS on non-Apple hardware	Command line only Host support is Linux and macOS; there is no Windows host
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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