--- title: TinyBridge: Headless VM to run Linux in Mac - you can... description: TinyBridge is a lightweight VM tool for macOS that lets you run a full Linux environment with optional GUI access. It boots quickly, runs headless when needed,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tinybridge-headless-vm-to-run-linux-in-mac---you-can-see-the-gui-also-usiutx9cg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: TinyBridge: Headless VM to run Linux in Mac - you can see the GUI also | daily.dev og:description: TinyBridge is a lightweight VM tool for macOS that lets you run a full Linux environment with optional GUI access. It boots quickly, runs headless when needed,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tinybridge-headless-vm-to-run-linux-in-mac---you-can-see-the-gui-also-usiutx9cg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uSIuTx9cg.png og:image:alt: TinyBridge: Headless VM to run Linux in Mac - you can see the GUI also og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TinyBridge: Headless VM to run Linux in Mac - you can see the GUI also **[Product Hunt](https://daily.dev/sources/ph)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TinyBridge is a lightweight VM tool for macOS that lets you run a full Linux environment with optional GUI access. It boots quickly, runs headless when needed, persists after closing the app, and is installed via a single Homebrew command. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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