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Barn 1.2.0 was released on 2026-11-12 from commit 90f6158. It adds resource overrides, recoverable root-disk growth, configurable lifecycle concurrency, and inventory-based host names. The bilingual command reference covers all 57 operation commands …

Released on 2026-11-09. Barn 1.1.0 adds image and guest-architecture overrides, live progress tables, and more reliable CPU/memory resizing. It embeds signed image catalog revision 2026110502, with 9 distribution releases and 17 architecture-specific …

Released on 2026-11-05. Barn 1.0.0 is the first stable release. For the latest stable release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 1.0.0 completes a pre-release audit of destructive operations, data-disk recovery, catalog integrity, and process cancellation. It …

Released on 2026-10-31. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.3 focuses on safer changes to local labs. It adds resource-only VM resize, lets selected nodes converge independently, …

Released on 2026-10-30. Barn 0.x releases use GitHub’s pre-release channel. Barn 0.9.2 includes the complete native macOS guest runtime in the Apple Silicon download and Homebrew installation. You can create Linux and macOS VMs after installing a …

Released on 2026-10-22. Barn 0.x releases are published via GitHub’s pre-release channel. For the latest release with a signed and notarized Barn.app in the Apple Silicon archive and Homebrew formula, see Barn 1.1.0. Barn 0.9.1 updates the Go …

Released on 2026-09-30. Barn 0.9.0 manages both Linux labs and native macOS machines from a single CLI, while improving diagnostics and recovery after interrupted operations. For the latest release, see Barn 1.1.0. Install Barn · Download 0.9.0 …

barn mac manages named macOS VMs through Apple’s Virtualization.framework, independently of the Linux inventory. Introduced in 0.9.0, it uses the native host app Barn.app, included in Apple Silicon release archives since 0.9.2. This essay distills …