{"slug": "quickemu", "name": "Quickemu", "category": "infra", "category_name": "Infrastructure and DevOps", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 7, "warners": 2, "score": 1.446, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2025-12-30", "latest": "2026-07-13", "why": "if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu", "official_url": "https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Quickemu", "quickemu"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 782329616, "item_id": 48895601, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48895601", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-07-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "quickemu[0] is sort of amazing for these type of use cases actually.", "excerpt": "quickemu[0] is sort of amazing for these type of use cases actually. I feel like I could use it more for this type of stuff. 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Oh btw although there are many primitives which help transferring files between VM's and others by having sshfs etc., one of the things which I enjoyed doing in quickemu is using the beloved piping-server https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server Infinitely transfer between every device over pure HTTP with pipes or browsers The", "context": "", "use_case": "VM management", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion"}, {"id": 745883136, "item_id": 46617696, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46617696", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-01-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I am an absolute quickemu shill because I love that software", "excerpt": "there is quickemu which can install mac vm on linux (or any other host) rather quickly, what are your thoughts on it (I am an absolute quickemu shill because I love that software) https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu [ Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines ]", "context": "", "use_case": "running macOS VMs on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion"}, {"id": 745531329, "item_id": 46595708, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595708", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-01-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu.", "excerpt": "I really like the product created by fly.io's https://sprites.dev/ for AI's sandboxes effectively. I feel like its really apt here (not sponsored lmao wish I was) Oh btw if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu. It provides default ssh access,sshfs, vnc,spice and all such ports to just your local device of course and also allows one to install debian or any distro (out of many many distro", "context": "", "use_case": "running VMs locally", "switched_from": "", "story": "Remote Code Execution in OpenCode, update now"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 743404256, "item_id": 46462766, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462766", "by": "buovjaga", "date": "2026-01-02", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "they haven't cut a release since Dec 2024", "excerpt": "It's fixed in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/1640 but they haven't cut a release since Dec 2024.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}, {"id": 743388192, "item_id": 46461762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461762", "by": "downut", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "ERROR! 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I feel like I could use it more for this type of stuff. 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Oh btw although there are many primitives which help transferring files between VM's and others by having sshfs etc., one of the things which I enjoyed doing in quickemu is using the beloved piping-server https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server Infinitely transfer between every device over pure HTTP with pipes or browsers The", "context": "", "use_case": "VM management", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion"}, {"id": 745883136, "item_id": 46617696, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46617696", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-01-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I am an absolute quickemu shill because I love that software", "excerpt": "there is quickemu which can install mac vm on linux (or any other host) rather quickly, what are your thoughts on it (I am an absolute quickemu shill because I love that software) https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu [ Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines ]", "context": "", "use_case": "running macOS VMs on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion"}, {"id": 745531329, "item_id": 46595708, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595708", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-01-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu.", "excerpt": "I really like the product created by fly.io's https://sprites.dev/ for AI's sandboxes effectively. I feel like its really apt here (not sponsored lmao wish I was) Oh btw if someone wants to run servers via qemu, I highly recommend quickemu. It provides default ssh access,sshfs, vnc,spice and all such ports to just your local device of course and also allows one to install debian or any distro (out of many many distro", "context": "", "use_case": "running VMs locally", "switched_from": "", "story": "Remote Code Execution in OpenCode, update now"}, {"id": 743404256, "item_id": 46462766, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462766", "by": "buovjaga", "date": "2026-01-02", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "they haven't cut a release since Dec 2024", "excerpt": "It's fixed in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/1640 but they haven't cut a release since Dec 2024.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}, {"id": 743393553, "item_id": 46462097, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46462097", "by": "2setIntrsction", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "lol I just moved from the same setup to a fully Nix based homelab. Proxmox was a good start but I don\u2019t need it (I think)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}, {"id": 743388192, "item_id": 46461762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461762", "by": "downut", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "ERROR! QEMU 6.0.0 or newer is required, detected 10.1.2.", "excerpt": "> quickget windows 10 Downloading Windows 10 (English International) - Parsing download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO - Getting Product edition ID: 2618 - Permit Session ID: ea2e2386-932a-44f2-b9b1-da7629b3d601 - Getting language SKU ID: 16068 - Getting ISO download link... - URL: https://software.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/Win10_22H2_EnglishInternational_x64v1.iso ####", "context": "", "use_case": "Creating VMs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}, {"id": 743326384, "item_id": 46457899, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457899", "by": "mmastrac", "date": "2026-01-01", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Officially? You can't get a license. Unofficially? https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM", "context": "", "use_case": "running VMs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}, {"id": 742975440, "item_id": 46435965, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435965", "by": "peter_d_sherman", "date": "2025-12-30", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This may just become my next most favorite project on GitHub!", "excerpt": "Brilliant! This may just become my next most favorite project on GitHub! For anyone who would create their own OS, or just experiment with other OS'es, this could be a godsend! The set of ideas which gives rise to this tool are brilliant, and while I haven't reviewed all of the code for potential security implications (as I would want to if I were deploying it to a production server in a business environment) -- it l", "context": "", "use_case": "running VMs of many OSes", "switched_from": "", "story": "Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs"}]}