Show HN: Augur – Sandboxed macOS VMs with Xcode for AI Coding Agents

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, sandboxing, xcode, ai-agents, virtualization, security

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 9, Utility: 7)

Augur runs Claude Code inside isolated macOS VMs or Linux containers, providing full Xcode and iOS Simulator support for AI agents to build and test Apple-platform code. It combines Apple Virtualization.framework, host-side egress allowlisting, and per-project thin clones to give agents the Apple toolchain without host access. The project is notable for solving the hard problem of headless xcodebuild test via auto-login and virtual display, and for its thoughtful security documentation.

Target audience: iOS/macOS developers and AI engineers running coding agents

Repository: https://github.com/h1d3mun3/augur · Shell · MIT · 9 stars

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