Multipass

Canonical Ltd. · Canonical’s CLI and GUI for local Ubuntu virtual machines, with cloud-init setup, resource controls and host-file sharing on Mac.

CaskVirtualization & ContainersApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs1,161#152 in App
1-year installs24.3KLast 365 days
Latest version1.16.4yesterday · Oct 7
Download size152MBarm64 / x86_64 · pkg
Release cadenceIrregular1 release in 30 days
System requirements
>= 13
Platform availability
  • macOS 27 · Intel · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 27 · Apple chip · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 26 · Intel · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 26 · Apple chip · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 15 · Intel · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 15 · Apple chip · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 14 · Intel · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 14 · Apple chip · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 13 · Intel · 1.16.4 >= 13
  • macOS 13 · Apple chip · 1.16.4 >= 13
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{
  "macos": {
    ">=": [
      "13"
    ]
  }
}
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homebrew/cask
Also known as
Multipass · multipass
Installer packages
multipass-1.16.4+mac-Darwin.pkg
SHA-256
e481704f65bc1650…

Installation and removal contents

  • Uninstall uninstall

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    {
      "uninstall": [
        {
          "delete": [
            "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/multipass",
            "/Applications/Multipass.app",
            "/Library/Application Support/com.canonical.multipass",
            "/Library/Logs/Multipass",
            "/usr/local/bin/multipass",
            "/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/multipass"
          ],
          "launchctl": "com.canonical.multipassd",
          "pkgutil": "com.canonical.multipass.*"
        }
      ]
    }
  • Install pkg

    Source file: multipass-1.16.4+mac-Darwin.pkg

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    {
      "pkg": [
        "multipass-1.16.4+mac-Darwin.pkg"
      ]
    }
  • Remove user data zap

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    {
      "zap": [
        {
          "trash": [
            "~/Library/Application Support/com.canonical.multipassGui",
            "~/Library/Application Support/multipass",
            "~/Library/Application Support/multipass-gui",
            "~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.canonical.multipass.gui.autostart.plist",
            "~/Library/Preferences/multipass",
            "~/Library/Saved Application State/com.canonical.multipassGui.savedState"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }

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