NEW Mac, Windows and Linux
Dusk VM runs Windows, Linux and macOS in their own windows, on a Mac or a Windows PC, with a Linux app on the way. Pick a system from the built-in catalogue and it fetches the newest image for you. Windows installs itself. Suspend, take a snapshot, and pick up exactly where you left off.
Each version is a native app built on the best virtualisation its platform has, and one licence covers all three: Standard for , Pro for , in any mix.
For Macs with Apple silicon, on macOS 14 or later.
Windows and Linux run on QEMU with Apple's hypervisor; macOS on Apple's Virtualization framework. Everything ships inside the app.
For Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise and Education PCs.
Built on Hyper-V, Windows' own hypervisor, with enhanced sessions for clipboard, sound and a screen that follows the window. Signed by Dusk Engineering Services Ltd. Download it.
For Linux PCs with KVM, Intel, AMD or Arm.
Built on KVM and QEMU, the Linux kernel's own virtualisation. Being built now; licences already allow for it.
Whichever computer you run it on, Dusk VM takes the fiddly parts out of virtual machines: finding the image, installing the system, and getting the guest to feel like part of your desktop.
Choose Dusk Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Kali or Alpine (and macOS on a Mac). Dusk VM finds the newest image on the publisher's own server when you download, and keeps it for your next machine.
Choose Microsoft's Windows 11 ISO, pick the edition, a name and a password. Windows partitions the disk, installs, creates your account and signs in, with no questions along the way.
Suspend a machine and it resumes exactly where it left off, even after you restart your computer.
Take a snapshot while a machine runs and restoring it puts you back in that moment, memory and all. Try the risky update; go back if it goes wrong.
A machine's disk only takes the space the guest actually uses, and each machine lives in a folder of its own in your library, easy to find and back up.
Already have an installer? Point Dusk VM at any .iso for your computer's kind of processor, or on a Mac an .ipsw restore image for macOS.
Each catalogue entry looks up the newest image on its mirror at download time, so new point releases need no app update. Images are kept and reused by later machines. You get the right build for your computer: Arm on a Mac, x64 on a PC.
Our own, with Express install
Our own, Dusk Cloud ready
The desktop edition
The server edition
The desktop edition
Stable and dependable
For security testing
Small and quick to boot
On a Mac, from Apple
With Express install
Any .iso you already have
Dusk Linux is the distribution we make ourselves, on Debian 13. It sits at the top of the catalogue in two editions, for Arm Macs and x64 PCs.
Dusk Linux is free to download on its own as well, for a PC or a server: linux.duskengineering.services.
GNOME with the Dusk look: wallpaper, theme, sign-in screen and start-up splash. On first start it asks you to create your account.
A small server with the Dusk Cloud apps on board, such as Dusk ID, Office, Chat, Forge and Vault. One command, dusk-setup, brings them up behind HTTPS with a single sign-in.
Copy and paste between your computer and the guest, share a folder, resize the window and the guest follows. Windows guests set themselves up; Linux guests need one command.
Copy on your computer, paste in the guest, and back again.
Windows and Linux guestsGive a guest one of your folders, read-only if you prefer.
Windows, Linux and macOS guestsResize the window and the guest's screen resizes with it.
Every guest with its tools installedStop for the day and carry on tomorrow, right where you were.
Every guestTry something risky, then go back. Running snapshots keep the memory too.
Every guestGuest audio plays through your computer's speakers.
Mac: Linux and macOS guests. PC: Windows and Ubuntu guests.The guest fills the display, with the controls a move of the pointer away.
Every guestWindows guests set themselves up. Linux guests need one command, shown on the machine's screen with a Copy button.
Linux and WindowsA Dusk VM licence isn't tied to one kind of computer. Use its seats on any mix of Macs, Windows PCs and, when it arrives, Linux PCs: Standard covers , Pro covers . Move a seat from one computer to another from your account whenever you like.
A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) on macOS 14 Sonoma or newer. About 280 MB for the app. Intel Macs aren't supported.
Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise or Education on a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, with virtualisation on in the firmware. Windows 11 Home doesn't include Hyper-V.
In development: a 64-bit Intel, AMD or Arm PC with KVM, which most current distributions include.
Plus disk space for your machines (they only use what the guest writes), and an internet connection to download images and to activate a licence once per computer.
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