Pomme

Create, provision, and automate macOS virtual machines on your Apple silicon Mac from the command line.

Pomme is a command-line tool for macOS virtual machines (VMs) on Apple silicon. It uses Apple’s Virtualization framework to install macOS from a restore image, and then installs an authenticated guest agent so that you can run programs, open shells, and transfer files without a network connection or a window.

What you can do with Pomme

Create VMs you can resume

Install macOS from a version, a build, or a local restore image. If creation stops, run the same command with --resume to continue from the last verified step.

Clone from templates

Restore macOS once into a template, then create new VMs from copy-on-write clones of it instead of restoring the image again.

Work inside the guest

Run programs, open durable terminal sessions, run background jobs, copy files, and read the guest agent’s logs.

Change security settings

Turn System Integrity Protection (SIP) and AMFI off and back on through journaled workflows that you can resume after a failure.

Enroll in MDM

Take a VM from any state to a supervised or unapproved mobile device management (MDM) enrollment with one command.

Automate everything

Get JSON or JSONL output from every command, send keys and clicks to the guest display, and take screenshots without a host window.

Start here

System requirementsCheck that your Mac can run Pomme.

Install PommeBuild, sign, and install the pomme command.

QuickstartCreate your first VM, run a command in it, and delete it.

ArchitectureLearn how the pomme command, the helper, and the guest agent work together.