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insidegui/VirtualBuddy

Virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon, VirtualBuddy is a virtual machine GUI for macOS M1, M2, M3, M4

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How fast insidegui/VirtualBuddy is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 7 – Nov 6, 2026

Stars +268 in 61 days

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Forks +10 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 28 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+7+00
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+1+00
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+7+01
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+7+01
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+4+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+4+00
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+3+00
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+0+03
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+10+00
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+5+11
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+8+00
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+8+00
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+2+00
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+3+00
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+1+01
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+2+00
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+1+11
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+3+00
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+1+00
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+2+00
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+1+00
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+1+00
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+7+01
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+2+00
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+7+00
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+0+02
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+1+10
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+4+00
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+4+03
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+9+00
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+6+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+10+10
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+4+10
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+2+00
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+1+00
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+5+10
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+4+02
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+10+21
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+00
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+6+10
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+5+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+2+01
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+5+00
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+4+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+3+00
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+2+00
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+5+00
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+2+00
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+5+00
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+5+02
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+4+01
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+9+10
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+4+00
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+3+00
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+4+00
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+10+00
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+6+04
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+8+03
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+12+00
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+5+00
Total+268+1028
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

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    Feb 7 – Jun 13, 2026Best #10

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about insidegui/VirtualBuddy, and every badge it has earned
    1. Jun 124 posts

      • GitHub Trends Weekly : insidegui/VirtualBuddy

        Read full on X, posted by @CocoaDevBlogs

        @CocoaDevBlogs · x.com

      • G: VirtualBuddy makes it easy to virtualize macOS 12 and later on Apple Silicon. Test multiple macOS versions, including betas, with a built-in installer, beta support via Apple device packages, and…

        Read full on X, posted by @ALTestTw

        @ALTestTw · x.com

      • 1: VirtualBuddy enables macOS virtualization on Apple Silicon (M1–M4), letting developers test macOS versions and betas. Features include OS and Linux boot, recovery mode, networking, clipboard…

        Read full on X, posted by @ALTestTw

        @ALTestTw · x.com

      • 3: VirtualBuddy lets you run macOS 12+ on Apple Silicon (M1–M4), including betas, with a built-in installer, VM sharing, and APFS cloning for quick, clean testing. Free & open-source. #macOS…

        Read full on X, posted by @ALTestTw

        @ALTestTw · x.com

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