PlayCover

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003cdiv id=\"top\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u200e\u003ch1 align=\"center\"\u003e[![Contributors][contributors-shield]][contributors-url]\n[![Forks][forks-shield]][forks-url]\n[![Stargazers][stars-shield]][stars-url]\n[![Issues][issues-shield]][issues-url]\n[![GPLv3 License][license-shield]][license-url]\n[![Weblate](https://img.shields.io/weblate/progress/playcover?style=for-the-badge)](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/playcover/playcover/)\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c!-- PROJECT LOGO --\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"images/logo.png\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"\u003e\n  \u003c/a\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3 align=\"center\"\u003ePlayCover\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    Run iOS apps and games on Apple Silicon Macs with mouse, keyboard and controller support.\n    \u003cbr /\u003e\n    \u003cbr /\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"https://playcover.github.io/PlayBook\"\u003eDocumentation\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u00b7\n    \u003ca href=\"https://discord.gg/RNCHsQHr3S\"\u003eDiscord\u003c/a\u003e\n    \u00b7\n    \u003ca href=\"https://playcover.io/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e\n  \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- ABOUT THE PROJECT --\u003e\n## About The Project\n\nWelcome 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.\n\nPlayCover works by putting applications through a wrapper which imitates an iPad. This allows the apps to run natively and perform very well.\n\nPlayCover also allows you to map custom touch controls to keyboard, which is not possible in alternative sideloading methods such as Sideloadly. \n\nThese controls include all the essentials, from WASD, camera movement, left and right clicks, and individual keymapping, similar to a popular Android emulator\u2019s keymapping system called Bluestacks.\n\nThis 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.\n\nLocalisations handled in [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/playcover/).\n\n![Fancy logo](./images/dark.png#gh-dark-mode-only)\n![Fancy log",
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