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Developers and enterprises searching for a platform to build virtualization solutions on top of a lightweight hypervisor

About Apple Hypervisor

Build virtualization solutions on top of a lightweight hypervisor, without third-party kernel extensions. Hypervisor provides C APIs so you can interact with virtualization technologies in user space, without writing kernel extensions (KEXTs). As a result, the apps you create using this framework are suitable for distribution on the Mac App Store. Use this framework to create and control hardware-facilitated virtual machines and virtual processors (VMs and vCPUs) from your entitled, sandboxed, user-space process. Hypervisor abstracts virtual machines as processes, and virtual processors as threads. The Hypervisor framework requires hardware support to virtualize hardware resources. On Apple silicon, that includes the Virtualization Extensions. On Intel-based Mac computers, the framework supports machines with an Intel VT-x feature set that includes Extended Page Tables (EPT) and Unrestricted Mode.

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Integrations

API:
Yes, Apple Hypervisor offers API access
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Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
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Apple
Founded: 1976
United States
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  • Samantha H.
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    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
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    "Operating System that Makes Sense"

    Posted 2022-03-28

    Pros: I use all Apple products and it has been such a benefit to be able to operate by userspace and just depend on my device.

    Cons: Products are more expensive and then can also sometimes crash.

    Overall: Having the operating system on my device is such a game-changer. So glad that's how most technology operates now.

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