Use Limanix

Keep your editor and project files on your Mac. Run Linux tools, builds, and services in a VM described by a small TOML file.

You do not need to know the Nix language to create your first environment. Start with the base system, then select ready-made modules or write your own.

Choose your starting point

I want to…	Start here
Understand what runs where	The main concepts
Install the command-line client	Installation
Create my first Linux environment	Getting started
Share a project and configure resources	Configure an environment
Add a language, tool, or service	Choose and manage modules
Connect to a server inside the VM	Networking
Start, stop, update, or remove a VM	Work with VMs
Know which files survive deletion	Storage and recovery
Diagnose a failed command	Troubleshooting
Change the client itself	Develop the client

The everyday loop

        flowchart TD
    Config["Describe the environment"] --> Create["Create the VM"]
    Create --> Work["Edit on Mac · run in Linux"]
    Work --> Change["Change TOML or modules"]
    Change --> Update["Update and restart the VM"]
    Update --> Work
    

The TOML file describes the environment. Your project and application data have their own storage lifecycle. Read Storage and recovery before deleting an environment you have used for real work.

Find an exact command or field

Command and configuration reference explains the built-in help and the references generated from the client source. The release documentation includes the reference for that exact client version.