logoalt Hacker News

vlad_kalinkintoday at 4:26 PM1 replyview on HN

Hi HN, I started developing an experimental project with the goal of running macOS CLI binaries natively on Linux ARM machines. As of now, we have working prototypes for: - 7-Zip: Passes multi-threaded compression tests on an 8k-file tree. Currently ~5.2x slower than native Linux execution, but I already mapped out a clear optimization plan to cut this gap down. - curl: Over 200 commands and options successfully pass our automated Docker test script. - Xcode Tools Git: Basic version control commands (init, add, commit) are up and running, though 100% stability is not yet guaranteed. I would be highly grateful for your constructive criticism, architectural ideas, and feedback! Thank you!


Replies

StilesCrisistoday at 5:05 PM

I assume you eventually plan to target binaries that don't already exist on Linux? Where do you think you'll start?

show 1 reply