MacNativeGames
by ly05010419
MacNativeGames is a project that allows you to run Nintendo Switch games natively on Apple silicon Mac, iPhone, and iPad without using an emulator. It rebuilds the game's NVN graphics on Metal.
New and promisingUnder two months old. Expect rough edges and fast changes.
- Stars
- 5.7k +638 a day, est.
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- A small server, with a GPU
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- C
- Age
- 9 days
What you can do with it
- Run Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild on Mac, iPhone, and iPad
- Test community ports of other games
- Contribute to the shader list to improve performance
Ways a business could use it
- Save money by avoiding the need for emulators and virtual machines
- Enhance the user experience by running games natively on Apple devices
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install with Docker or manually follow the steps in the documentation
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- abandoned
- early alpha
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
