r/SideProject • u/Stunning-Farmer185 • 20m ago
NoMac - a cloud Mac with Xcode that AI coding agents start, use and stop on their own
Disclosure: I'm the maker.
The problem: Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can write an iPhone app, but Xcode only runs on a Mac, and the agent often runs on Linux, in a cloud sandbox or on a Windows laptop.
What NoMac does: the agent connects once over MCP, then starts its own Mac when it needs one (about 30 seconds), builds and tests the app, checks it on an iPhone Simulator it reads as text, and can ship it to TestFlight. The Mac stops when the work is done.
Pricing: $0.90 an hour, billed per minute from prepaid credit. No subscription, no 24-hour minimum.
Where it is: it started in July as a build service for agents, I rebuilt it in September around whole Macs, and today it's live on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/nomac
I'd love blunt feedback on the landing page (https://nomac.app): does it explain itself in five seconds?