PlayCover / PlayCover
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Runs iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs, with keyboard, mouse, and controller input mapping.
Why you might care
Useful if you want iOS-only apps or games like Genshin Impact on an M-series Mac without a device. Unlike Sideloadly, it lets you map touch controls to keyboard and mouse, including WASD and camera movement. Not all titles work, and some have bugs.
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Star history (as recorded here)
LanguageSwift
LicenseGPL-3.0
Created2022-07-08 (4y ago)
Last push1d ago
Watchers46
OwnerOrganization
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- 2026-10-23 — #10 monthly in swift · +232 ★
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Links
- GitHub: github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover
- Homepage: https://playcover.io
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README excerpt
[![Contributors][contributors-shield]][contributors-url] [![Forks][forks-shield]][forks-url] [![Stargazers][stars-shield]][stars-url] [![Issues][issues-shield]][issues-url] [![GPLv3 License][license-shield]][license-url] PlayCover Run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs with mouse, keyboard and controller support. Documentation · Discord · Website ## 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. ⬆️ Back to top️ ## 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. This means that only devices with M-series SoCs (eg. M1) are supported. If you have an Intel Mac, you can explore alternatives like Bootcamp or emulators. ### Download You can download stable releases here, or build from source by following the instructions in the Documentation. ### Documentation To learn how to setup and use PlayCover, visit the documentation here. ### Homebrew Cask We host a Homebrew tap with the PlayCover cask. To install from it run: [code] To uninstall: 1. Remove PlayCover using `brew uninstall --cask playcover-community`; 2. Untap `PlayCover/playcover` with `brew untap PlayCover/playcover`. ⬆️ Back to top️ ## License Distributed under the GPLv3 License. See `LICENSE` for more information. ## Contact Lucas Lee - playcover@lucas.icu Depal - depal@playcover.io ## Libraries Used These open source libraries were used to create this project. * inject * PTFakeTouch * DownloadManager * DataCache * SwiftUI CachedAsyncImage * Thanks to @iVoider for creating such a great project! ⬆️ Back to top️ [contributors-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/PlayCover/PlayCover.svg?style=for-the-badge [contributors-url]: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/graphs/contributors [forks-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/forks/PlayCover/PlayCover.svg?style=for-the-badge [forks-url]: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/network/members [stars-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/stars/PlayCover/PlayCover.svg?style=for-the-badge [stars-url]: https://github.com/PlayCover/Play
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