dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher
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Where it stands
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Ranks #398 of 525 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 76%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 16 days ago, with 33 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #97 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 11, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Enables installation and usage of macOS Big Sur and newer on unsupported Macs using OpenCore and custom patches.
- Revives older Macs by unlocking native macOS features and supporting modern system updates without firmware patching.
- Use for upgrading legacy Macs from 2007 onwards to run the latest macOS versions with full hardware support.
- Use for enabling advanced features like Sidecar, AirPlay to Mac, and enhanced power management on unsupported Apple hardware.
- Use for maintaining system security with support for System Integrity Protection, FileVault 2, and secure boot on patched Macs.
Should you depend on it?
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License
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From the README
A Python-based project revolving around Acidanthera's OpenCorePkg and Lilu for both running and unlocking features in macOS on supported and unsupported Macs.
Our project's main goal is to breathe new life into Macs no longer supported by Apple, allowing for the installation and usage of macOS Big Sur and newer on machines as old as 2007.
Noteworthy features of OpenCore Legacy Patcher:
Note: Only clean-installs and upgrades are supported. macOS Big Sur installs already patched with other patchers, such as Patched Sur or bigmac, cannot be used due to broken file integrity with APFS snapshots and SIP.
Note 2: Currently, OpenCore Legacy Patcher officially supports patching to run macOS Big Sur through Sonoma installs. For older OSes, OpenCore may function; however, support is currently not provided from Dortania.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+788 stars over 81 days across 13 snapshot days; best day +31 on Oct 6.
Forks
2.1K+102
Open issues
23-3
Compared with peers in iOS
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| nodejs/node | 123.1K | +896 | 75 | 3 days ago |
| makecindy/cindy | 4.1K | +756 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| leepokai/Codync | 794 | +304 | 75 | today |
| spicetify/cli | 25.2K | +0 | 75 | today |
| dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher | 18.7K | +0 | 75 | 16 days ago |
| OpenWhispr/openwhispr | 9.9K | +0 | 75 | 2 days ago |
| Category median | 9.9K | +304 | 75 | — |
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