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GhostDeck

The open-source VM manager that makes Docker Desktop look expensive.

VMware costs $300/year. Parallels charges $130. Docker Desktop wants $21/month. GhostDeck is free and open source — MIT-licensed, built on Apple's native Virtualization.framework. 89 MCP tools let AI agents create, configure, and destroy VMs autonomously. Bonjour mesh networking. Sub-100ms snapshot restore. Clone it, star it, fork it: developer tooling built by developers, not sales teams.

Runs onmacOS
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GhostDeck interface
100% open source — MIT-licensed on GitHub

100% open source — MIT-licensed on GitHub

89 MCP tools for AI-powered VM automation

Apple Virtualization.framework — native speed, zero overhead

Snapshot and restore in under 100ms

WHY THIS EXISTS

Why GhostDeck exists

// problem

The world before GhostDeck

Manual processes and outdated utilities drain engineering time that should be spent on real problems.

// solution

Enter GhostDeck

VMware costs $300/year. Parallels charges $130. Docker Desktop wants $21/month. GhostDeck is free and open source — MIT-licensed, built on Apple's native Virtualization.framework. 89 MCP tools let AI agents create, configure, and destroy VMs autonomously. Bonjour mesh networking. Sub-100ms snapshot restore. Clone it, star it, fork it: developer tooling built by developers, not sales teams.

CAPABILITIES

What GhostDeck can do

Purpose-built capabilities engineered to deliver on every promise.

One-Click Linux

Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Arch — ready in 30 seconds. No ISO hunting.

89 MCP Tools

Most comprehensive MCP integration on any VM manager. Full AI-powered automation.

Bonjour Mesh

VMs auto-discover each other. Multi-node clusters and production topology simulation.

Instant Snapshots

Create and restore in under 100ms. Branch, experiment, roll back.

Container Runtime

Docker containers in lightweight VMs. Full OCI compatibility. No Docker Desktop.

Resource Governor

Dynamic CPU, memory, disk allocation with live migration.

FREE AS IN FREEDOM

GhostDeck is open source

The full source lives on GitHub under the MIT license. No license fees, no lock-in, no sales team. Read it, run it, fork it — and if it breaks, file an issue and watch it get fixed in the open.

terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/space-pirate-zero/Ghost-Deck.git

MIT licensed · star it, fork it, ship it

OUR MISSION

89 MCP tools. 1,571 tests. MIT license. The most AI-ready VM manager on macOS is now open source.

— The GhostDeck Team at Spaceship Alpha 9
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Tech Stack

Swift 6Virtualization.frameworkSwiftUIBonjourMCP SDK
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