Tools: Show Hn: Lume 0.2 – Build And Run Macos Vms With Unattended Setup

Introduction to Lume - the macOS VM CLI and framework

Lume is a VM runtime for building AI agents, running CI/CD pipelines, and automating macOS. It uses Apple's native Virtualization Framework to run macOS and Linux VMs at near-native speed on Apple Silicon.

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A single binary with an HTTP API. Create a VM, run it headlessly, control it programmatically.

You can use Lume directly via CLI, or run lume serve to expose an HTTP API for programmatic access. The Computer SDK uses this API to automate macOS interactions.

Lume is a thin layer over Apple's Virtualization Framework, which provides hardware-accelerated virtualization on Apple Silicon. This gives you:

Testing across macOS versions — Spin up a VM with a specific macOS version, test your software, tear it down. No need to maintain multiple physical machines.

Automating macOS tasks — Combine Lume with Unattended Setup to create pre-configured VMs. The setup automation uses VNC and OCR to click through the Setup Assistant without manual intervention.

Running CI/CD locally — Test your macOS builds in isolated VMs before pushing to remote CI. The --no-display flag runs VMs headlessly.

Source: HackerNews