Guesthouse VMs
Build and run virtual systems
Only for Mac
$4.99
Mac
Run native ARM64 virtual machines with portable packages, powered-off disk snapshots, and optional Linux clipboard sharing.
Create and run ARM64 virtual machines natively on compatible hardware.
Guesthouse uses the built-in Virtualization framework for fast, efficient virtual machines without third-party hypervisors. Build a machine from the latest supported restore image, an existing IPSW, an official ARM64 Linux image, or your own compatible installation media.
Organize your machines in a native desktop interface, configure CPU, memory, storage, displays, networking, shared folders, audio, and supported devices, then keep each machine as a portable .guesthouse package in a folder you choose.
Key features:
- Native ARM64 virtualization
- Supported system and ARM64 Linux guests
- Guided machine creation and installation
- Official Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora ARM64 image discovery
- Community ARM64 Omarchy build downloaded, verified, and unpacked for you
- Custom ISO and raw disk support
- Configurable CPU, memory, storage, display, and networking
- Durable powered-off disk snapshots with safe restore
- Optional Linux clipboard sharing through the SPICE guest agent
- Shared folders with persistent security-scoped access
- Audio input and output controls
- Save and restore supported machine state
- Import, export, clone, move, rename, and repair machine packages
Guesthouse is designed for developers, testers, and advanced users who want a focused native virtual-machine workflow.
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Community images with compressed disks now import.
The community ARM64 Omarchy build ships a compressed qcow2, and the import used to stop on it with an error telling you to convert the disk yourself. Guesthouse now expands those disks while it converts, so the image it downloads installs on its own.
The window stays live while a disk is imported.
Unpacking an archive, converting a qcow2, and copying a prebuilt disk all ran on the main thread and left the app unresponsive for minutes. They now run off it, so the machine list, the progress, and Cancel keep working.
Installation progress says which step is running.
Downloading, verifying, unpacking, converting, and preparing each label their own progress bar, instead of several unlabelled passes from 0 to 100%.
The developer, Rafael Guilherme Bertholdo, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Rafael Guilherme Bertholdo
- Size
- 3.7 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Rafael Guilherme Bertholdo

