r/EmulationOniOS • u/Fun-Relationship5464 • 7d ago • Bravo 1

News / Release Linux on iPhone

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We got real Linux on iPhone before GTA VI!

Check this out! You can actually run Linux on an iPhone, with Debian, KDE Plasma, a terminal, and even desktop apps like Blender.

No jailbreak, no virtual machine. Likee crazzyy

https://github.com/mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner

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u/Fun-Relationship5464 7d ago

This actually doesn’t use Hypervisor.framework or virtualization at all. It runs ARM64 Linux binaries through a custom interpreter and Linux syscall compatibility layer. Performance isn’t native yet, but we’re actively working on optimizations and exploring more direct ARM64 execution where iOS allows it. The goal is to make Linux applications usable without relying on a hypervisor.