Sold by: Cirrus Labs
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Tart is a virtualization toolset to build, run and manage macOS virtual machines on Apple Silicon. Create ephemeral isolated environment for your automations in seconds.
Overview
With more than 30,000 installations to date, Tart has been adopted for various scenarios. Its applications range from powering CI/CD pipelines and reproducible local development environments, to helping in the testing of device management systems without actual physical devices. Tart is the best solution for any automations on Apple Silicon.
Highlights
- Tart can store virtual machines in ECR container registry. Run the same Tart virtual machines locally and in the cloud.
- Tart is using native Virtualization.Framework that was developed along with architecting the first M1 chip. This seamless integration between hardware and software ensures smooth performance without any drawbacks.
- Tart toolset includes Orchard Orchestration tool that helps run and manage Tart virtual machines at scale on a cluster of Apple Silicon hosts. An Orchard Cluster exposes a simple REST API to manage thousands virtual machines.
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64-bit (Arm) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for macOS
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MacOs 15.6
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
mac2-m2.metal Recommended | $0.08 |
mac2.metal | $0.08 |
mac2-m2pro.metal | $0.12 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for running Tart Virtualization on Apple Silicon Mac hosts. The three dimensions map to different EC2 Mac instance types: mac2-m2.metal, mac2.metal, and mac2-m2pro.metal. Each represents a distinct Mac hardware configuration you can select. Billing is usage-based, so you are charged for the hours you run each instance type. There is no upfront commitment. You choose the instance type that fits your workload, and your cost scales with how many hours you run it.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
Each dimension runs on a distinct Apple Silicon Mac host through EC2 Mac instances. mac2.metal, mac2-m2.metal, and mac2-m2pro.metal each use different Apple chip and resource configurations. You pick the one matching your workload. Tart runs virtual machines on that host, so your choice sets the underlying compute you rent hourly.
Hourly software charges accrue only while the instance runs. A fully stopped instance stops accruing Tart software charges. Underlying AWS charges, such as EC2 Mac host allocation or storage, may still apply separately under standard AWS billing rules for Mac instances.
Yes. You pay per instance-hour for the Mac host, not per virtual machine. A single host can run several Tart VMs in parallel, sharing the host CPU cores. Your hourly cost depends on how many instances you run and for how long, not on VM count.
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Delivery details
64-bit (Arm) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for macOS
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Tart now stores VMs in sparsed files which saves disk space and increases clonning performance.
Additional details
Usage instructions
Try pulling a remore Tart Virtual Machine via "tart pull" command.
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Please allow 24 hours Please email support+tart@cirruslabs.org . AWS offering includes Priority Support for Tart.
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