
UTM
Run virtual machines on iOS and macOS
What is UTM?
UTM is a full featured system emulator and virtual machine host for iOS and macOS. It is based off of QEMU. In short, it allows you to run Windows, Linux, and more on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Features
- Full system emulation (MMU, devices, etc) using QEMU
- 30+ processors supported including x86_64, ARM64, and RISC-V
- VGA graphics mode using SPICE and QXL
- Text terminal mode
- USB devices
- JIT based acceleration using QEMU TCG
- Frontend designed from scratch for macOS 11 and iOS 11+ using the latest and greatest APIs
- Create, manage, run VMs directly from your device
Additional macOS Features
- Hardware accelerated virtualization using Hypervisor.framework and QEMU
- Boot macOS guests with Virtualization.framework on macOS 12+
Version for macOS is available at https://mac.getutm.app/ Apple Silicon is natively supported.
Why isn't this in the iOS's AppStore?
Apple does not permit any apps that has interpreted or generated code therefore it is unlikely that UTM will ever be allowed. However, there are various ways people on the internet have come up to side load apps without requiring a jailbreak. We do not condone or support any of these methods.
UTM Screenshots



![[UTM] Windows 7 on iPad | Running IDA Pro and Solitaire](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q-ESpe-bq04/hqdefault.jpg)
![[UTM] Windows XP on iPad | Playing Half-Life](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O19dNVTBCAs/hqdefault.jpg)
![[UTM] Install ArchLinux on iPad | Build & run C apps](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fsDEei0XS94/hqdefault.jpg)
UTM Features
UTM information
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 18,356 Stars
- 1,049 Forks
- 492 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Said about UTM as an alternative
UTM Created from Quemu ; Work on ipad os under 14 ; Need jeelbreak ; not foun on apple app store ;
Tags
- QEMU
- Virtual machine
- apple-silicon
The Idea of running KVM/QEMU on iOS is beautiful. Dont know the use case for me, but I see someone running a couple of iPad Pros like "blades" in a rack somewhere, haha.