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v0.5.0 — macOS 一等公民 + GPU passthrough + 動態解析度

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@TimLai666 TimLai666 released this 19 Jul 05:47
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Install / Upgrade

Running a Chefer-packaged app needs nothing — the single file is self-contained. You only need Chefer to package apps yourself.

# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimLai666/chefer/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
# Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TimLai666/chefer/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

The installer detects your OS/arch, downloads the matching package, verifies its sha256, installs to ~/.chefer (or %LOCALAPPDATA%\chefer), and adds it to your PATH. Open a new terminal, then chefer version. Pin a version with CHEFER_VERSION=v0.5.0 ($env:CHEFER_VERSION on Windows). On macOS, allow the unsigned binary in System Settings → Privacy & Security on first run. Already have Chefer? Just run chefer upgrade — it swaps the binary and the whole kit/ together.

macOS users, please take this build: the previous v0.4.0 arm64 appliance kit shipped an x86-64 busybox and could not boot. This release fixes it.

Highlights

macOS is now a first-class target (validated on real Apple Silicon, on by default)

  • Full vz (Virtualization.framework) micro-VM backend: VM boot, virtiofs, exit-code propagation, TCP + UDP port forwarding, multi-service depends_on, persist_path across restarts, and default bridge outbound (pasta → VZ NAT, including in-container DNS).
  • GUI apps: native VZVirtualMachineView window + cage/Xwayland display, keyboard/mouse HID, and a bidirectional clipboard (text + PNG).
  • Live dynamic resolution + HiDPI (default on macOS 14+): resize the window and the guest genuinely re-modesets to follow it, with the Retina output scale applied so cursor/UI sizes stay correct.
  • The old CHEFER_VZ_EXPERIMENTAL opt-in is gone — vz gates on the real preconditions (host arch, embedded appliance, embedded helper, macOS 13+) and reports honestly when one is missing. (Intel Macs share the same code path with an x86_64 appliance, but their VZ boot hasn't been exercised on real hardware.)

GPU passthrough (opt-in gpu: true)

  • Native Linux NVIDIA: host-driver-version-matched userspace lib injection (nvidia-container-toolkit parity), nvidia-smi bound into the container, NVENC/NVDEC — validated on a real RTX 4070 (CUDA + NVENC).
  • WSL2 NVIDIA (/dev/dxg + /usr/lib/wsl/{lib,drivers}) — validated on a real GT 1030 (CUDA).
  • AMD (ROCm) and Intel GPU node passthrough; per-service card selection (gpu: [0, 2], hard isolation) and gpu: all / none aliases.

Packaging / networking

  • source: image private-registry auth (docker login plain auths / CHEFER_REGISTRY_AUTH).
  • Docker-parity /etc/resolv.conf injection into service containers — hostnames resolve even when the base image ships no resolv.conf.
  • GUI overlay now ships as a read-only squashfs that is mounted instead of unpacked each boot (~200 MB less per GUI launch).
  • Windows WHP: in-container DNS, host↔guest clipboard image sync, and helper anti-orphan (Job Object + stdin-EOF self-termination).

Real-hardware fixes

  • arm64 appliance initramfs was cross-built with an x86-64 busybox (kernel panic on boot) → now fetches the correct-arch busybox-static; CI gained an arm64 appliance boot-smoke to block this class of regression.
  • Extraction now restores tar exec bits (bundled agents were EACCES), the runtime port proxy no longer double-binds against the vz relay, and the GUI init exports PATH.

Full changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

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