Orka Desktop

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Orka Desktop\r\nOrka Desktop is your ultimate tool for seamless macOS virtualization. Designed for iOS/macOS developers, testers, and support engineers, IT Admins, and DevOps engineers, Orka Desktop makes it easy to create, manage, and share virtual machines both locally and via the cloud.\r\n\r\n## Key Features of Orka Desktop\r\n- **Create and manage VMs locally:**\r\n  - Create and configure macOS VMs on your local machine.\r\n  - A user-friendly GUI for managing VMs.\r\n- **Use OCI Images:**\r\n  - Seamlessly update and save your VMs as OCI Images with new OS versions or custom software.\r\n- **Share Images with colleagues:**\r\n  - Push your updated OCI Images to a registry for easy sharing.\r\n  - Colleagues can pull OCI Images from the registry to their local environments.\r\n    \r\n## Getting Started with Orka Desktop\r\n### Download and Installation:\r\n- Download the latest .dmg from https://github.com/macstadium/orka-desktop/releases move into your Applications folder.\r\n\r\n### Getting Started Guide:\r\n- Comprehensive guide to help you begin using Orka Desktop is available at https://support.macstadium.com/hc/en-us/sections/29841535305371-Orka-Desktop\r\n- Within the guide, you will find steps for creating, updating, and sharing VMs.\r\n\r\n## Use Cases and Benefits\r\n- **For Developers, Testers, and Support Engineers:**\r\n  - Streamline your development workflow with local virtualization.\r\n  - Enable transition from local development to cloud deployment.\r\n  - Test and debug applications in isolated environments.\r\n- **For DevOps Engineers:**\r\n  - Test images for CI pipelines before rolling into production.\r\n  - Enhance collaboration by sharing VMs easily.\r\n- **For IT Admins:**\r\n  - Test your MDM profiles on ephemeral VMs that can be easily recycled.\r\n  - Evaluate new OS versions without needing more hardware.\r\n\r\n## Learn More and Join the Community\r\n### Issues and Discussions:\r\n- Use the [Disucssions section](https://github.com/macstadium/orka-desktop/discussions) to ask questions, provide fe",
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