v0.5.0

• allow overriding qemu binary $QEMU_SYSTEM_X86_64, $QEMU_SYSTEM_AARCH64 (#80)
• examples: add archlinux.yaml (#88)
• examples: add opensuse.yaml (#91, thanks to @jandubois)
• new subcommand: limactl cp (#92, thanks to @jandubois)
• nerdctl: update to v0.10.0 (#103)
• validate SHA256/SHA512 digests (#106)

Other changes: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/milestone/3?closed=1

Homebrew

brew install lima

Homebrew/homebrew-core@545eab7

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/1003394152

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is d6e337dbedd14c714db24fc3872e9c25b12115ac8ec4589c24245685fb4c7882 .

v0.4.0

Changes

• Add support for Alpine guest OS (#52, thanks to @jandubois)

• Implement $LIMA_HOME to override /.lima location (#59, thanks to @jandubois)

• nerdctl: update to v0.9.0 (#71)

  • Compose: support multi-network
  • runc: v1.0.0
  • ...

• Lots of refactoring

Upgrading notice

Upgrading from Lima v0.3.0 probably requires recreating instances.

$ limactl delete -f default
$ limactl start default

Homebrew

brew install lima

Homebrew/homebrew-core@36e0f8d

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/959858130

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 3e4b0a80bf329ff3302d29c33ad3b543c9a136c1db91064dbeb4ceb923778074 .

v0.3.0

Changes

• Daemonize limactl start (#46)
• Add limactl validate FILE.yaml [FILE.yaml, ...] (#48)
• Misc improvements to Makefile (#50)

Usage

[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/938930089

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is a0af9a3757a23d20d7af55071f7c2d557da6c8161a59873080d485f2075368b6 .

v0.2.1

Changes

• Fixed "Mounted filesystems not accessible by root" (#5, #43).

Upgrading notice

An instance created with an old version of Lima may get stuck during Waiting for the essential requirement 3 of 4: "/etc/fuse.conf to contain \"user_allow_other\"".

In such a case, run the following command to fix the issue:

lima sudo sh -c 'echo user_allow_other >> /etc/fuse.conf'

Usage

Terminal 1:

[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run  to open the shell.

Terminal 2:

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/928144655

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 3e94dc470f9d8d022b1029b64b87e7fd0478957761649078eb1aabb908b13ed2 .

v0.2.0

• cmd/lima: drop dependency on GNU coreutils (#35)
• update nerdctl to v0.8.3 (#36)
• Implement system and user provisioning scripts (#38, thanks to @jandubois)
• Implement "readiness" probes (#38, thanks to @jandubois)
• Make containerd optional (#38, thanks to @jandubois)
• Added k3s exammple (#38, thanks to @jandubois)
• Cache disk image and nerdctl package under ~/Library/Caches/Lima (#41)

Related news: QEMU binary no longer needs to be signed manually. Just run brew install qemu.

Usage

Terminal 1:

[macOS]$ limactl start

Terminal 2:

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/921167312

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 503b16d5b45ec4ea57d66d85682508ac7eb87460dedcde8318a01a12492fbb8b .

v0.1.2

• Disable video display by default to avoid the performance issue caused by macOS App Nap #29 (#30)
• qemu: set splash-time to 0 (#31, thanks to @tarik02 for suggestion #25)

Usage

Terminal 1:

[macOS]$ limactl start

Terminal 2:

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/862864976

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 117f4d3aa507731f2acb966dc614f7c8bdd37fe4cd87176771b1a7894d925673 .

v0.1.1

• Support Linux-on-Linux (#21, mostly for testing). Should work on NetBSD as well, but not tested on NetBSD.
• Fix issues on ARM Mac (#23, #24, thanks to @tarik02)
• Update docs (#3, #7, #9, #10, thanks to @christian-korneck, @boegel, @nghialv)

Usage

Terminal 1:

[macOS]$ limactl start

Terminal 2:

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/859427186

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is e2990ac0ee5e4b718befbf8b8a28a6a255d4847166e4a913a2016cfc01ca28e1 .

v0.1.0

The first release.

Usage

Terminal 1:

[macOS]$ limactl start

Terminal 2:

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

---

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/AkihiroSuda/lima/actions/runs/841441713

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 747e87a4ed6b62da496062a7dd03845afb5fedec25396c7bd684a3f0c1c35224 .