mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner
Run ARM64 Linux userspace and desktop applications on iPhone and iPad.
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LinuxRunner Linux on your iPhone and iPad. ARM64 Linux userspace, terminals and desktop applications on iOS and iPadOS. LinuxRunner uses a custom ARM64 interpreter and Linux compatibility layer to load Linux programs, implement their system calls and connect them to storage, networking and a graphical desktop on supported devices. No jailbreak. No virtual machine. No JIT required by the release build. Download the latest release · Set up Linux · Troubleshooting [](assets/screenshots/linuxrunner-dolphin.png) KDE Plasma — an experimental Debian desktop option. LinuxRunner Settings Firefox Blender LinuxRunner on iPhone: KDE Plasma, Firefox, Blender and Arch Linux ARM. The Arch capture below shows Telegram Desktop. Setup and iPad screenshots will be added when supplied. Telegram Desktop — tested on Arch Linux ARM: login, sending messages and calls. The supplied iPhone capture shows its welcome screen. Deployment targets describe the build configuration, not a guarantee for every device or OS version. Available memory and…
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Inside the original README — Document outline
- Telegram Desktop on Arch Linux ARM
- Highlights
- Supported Devices
- LinuxRunner on iPad
- Supported Linux Distributions
- Installation
- Getting Started — Installing Linux in LinuxRunner
- Desktop Environments and Applications
- How LinuxRunner Works
- Compatibility and Limitations
- Troubleshooting and Bug Reports
- Building and Contributing
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What this repository does
Run ARM64 Linux userspace and desktop applications on iPhone and iPad.
Repository facts
- Owner
- mxhm11cr
- Primary language
- C
- Stars
- 405
- Forks
- 19
- Open issues + pull requests
- 0
- License
- Other
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-25T20:47:02.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-27T07:25:59.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: alpine-linux, archlinux, arm64, debian, interpreter, ios, ipados, linux, linux-userspace, open-source
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