Recomp / OS & system / Mac
Asahi Linux
Project that reverse engineers Apple Silicon hardware, including its GPU, to run Linux natively; m1n1 is its bootloader and research tool.
Clean-room Human-led wipStars4.3k
Commits, 30 days70
Latest releasev1.9.9Oct 2, 2026
Last pushOct 13, 2026
Facts
- Original
- Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2 hardware) (2020)
- Platform
- Mac
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · Founded by Hector Martin in 2020 what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Team
- AsahiLinux
- Started
- 2020
- Runs on
- Apple Silicon Macs
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by AsahiLinux. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
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