Recomp / OS & system / Mac
Darling
Translation layer that runs macOS command-line and some GUI programs on Linux by reimplementing Darwin and macOS frameworks.
Clean-room Human-led wipStars13k
Commits, 30 days0
Latest releasev0.1.20260608Jun 9, 2026
Last pushOct 12, 2026
Facts
- Original
- Apple macOS (Darwin userland) (2001)
- Platform
- Mac
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · Volunteer project since 2012 what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- darlinghq
- Started
- 2012
- First release
- 2019-08
- Runs on
- Linux
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by darlinghq. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
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