# We rebuilt the Linux microVM stack on Apple Silicon

DevFeed: [We rebuilt the Linux microVM stack on Apple Silicon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-rebuilt-the-linux-microvm-stack-on-apple-silicon-17799.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/firecracker-apple-silicon>)

Author: Ivan Cernja

Published: 2026-08-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [Firecracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firecracker.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Dockerfile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dockerfile.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>)

Tags: [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [firecracker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firecracker.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtualization.md>)

## AI overview

Encore rebuilt its Linux microVM development stack to work on Apple Silicon. The article describes crackling, an API that uses Firecracker on Linux and Apple's hypervisor on macOS, along with the tooling needed to run the same build system on developer laptops and in production.

## Source excerpt

Maybe we should have just moved everyone to Linux.