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https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover

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    Run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs with mouse, keyboard and controller support.

    


    


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## About The Project



Welcome to PlayCover! This software is all about allowing you to run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon devices running macOS 12.0 or newer.



PlayCover works by putting applications through a wrapper which imitates an iPad. This allows the apps to run natively and perform very well.



PlayCover also allows you to map custom touch controls to keyboard, which is not possible in alternative sideloading methods such as Sideloadly. 



These controls include all the essentials, from WASD, camera movement, left and right clicks, and individual keymapping, similar to a popular Android emulator’s keymapping system called Bluestacks.



This software was originally designed to run Genshin Impact on your Apple Silicon device, but it can now run a wide range of applications. Unfortunately, not all games are supported, and some may have bugs.



Localisations handled in [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/playcover/).



![Fancy logo](./images/dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only)

![Fancy logo](./images/light.png#gh-light-mode-only)



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## Getting Started



Follow the instructions below to get Genshin Impact, and many other games, up and running in no time.



### Prerequisites



At the moment, PlayCover can only run on Apple Silicon Macs. Devices with the following chips are supported:



* M1

* M1 Pro

* M1 Max

* M1 Ultra

* M2

* M2 Pro

* M2 Max

* M2 Ultra

* M3

* M3 Pro

* M3 Max



If you have an Intel Mac, you can explore alternatives like Bootcamp or emulators.



### Download



You can download stable releases [here](https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/releases), or build from source by following the instructions in the Documentation.



### Documentation



To learn how to setup and use PlayCover, visit the documentation [here](https://playcover.github.io/PlayBook).



### Homebrew Cask

We host a [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) tap with the [PlayCover cask](https://github.com/PlayCover/homebrew-playcover/blob/master/Casks/playcover-community.rb). To install from it run:



```sh

brew install --cask PlayCover/playcover/playcover-community

```



To uninstall:

1. Remove PlayCover using `brew uninstall --cask playcover-community`;

2. Untap `PlayCover/playcover` with `brew untap PlayCover/playcover`.



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## License



Distributed under the GPLv3 License. See `LICENSE` for more information.



## Contact



Lucas Lee - [email protected]



Depal - [email protected]



## Libraries Used



These open source libraries were used to create this project.



* [inject](https://github.com/paradiseduo/inject)

* [PTFakeTouch](https://github.com/Ret70/PTFakeTouch)

* [DownloadManager](https://github.com/shapedbyiris/download-manager)

* [DataCache](https://github.com/huynguyencong/DataCache)

* [SwiftUI CachedAsyncImage](https://github.com/lorenzofiamingo/swiftui-cached-async-image)



* Thanks to @iVoider for creating such a great project!



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