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Darling is a free and open-source runtime compatibility layer—akin to Wine—for Linux that allows native macOS (Darwin) applications to run directly without hardware emulation. It implements macOS libraries and frameworks, enabling macOS binaries to execute on Linux.
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- Provides native-like execution of macOS binaries on Linux via Darwin-based compatibility
- Implements critical macOS subsystems: Mach kernel APIs, dyld loader, launchd environments
- Supports console applications well; GUI support for Cocoa apps is experimental and limited
- Uses overlayfs-based DPREFIX “chroot” environments for isolation and simulating file systems
- No hardware emulation—native performance of supported binaries
- Built using open-source parts from Darwin, GNUstep, Cocotron, and licensed under GPLv3
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