Kakehashi
Shares rank 25 of 27 compatibility layers by recommenders
Free experimental userspace tool for running macOS binaries on Linux ARM, which people find promising and long-awaited. Critics say the solution still seems early.
Free experimental userspace tool for running macOS binaries on Linux ARM, which people find promising and long-awaited. Critics say the solution still seems early.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Promising answer to a long-awaited need
“this is something I've been waiting for a long time”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM” “I can see this is promising.”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM” Really cool project
“Really cool project, but honest question though: why do people tend to name these projects so horribly?”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Solution still seems early
“the problem is bigger and solution still seems to be early”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM” Project name criticized as poor
“Really cool project, but honest question though: why do people tend to name these projects so horribly?”
Comment from 3 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM”
Other compatibility layers people recommend
The four most recommended other compatibility layers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proton by Valve | 451 | 189 | 70% | 13 | 2 yrs31 owners | Approved |
| Wine | 329 | 88 | 79% | 13 | 10 yrs11 owners | Approved |
| Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | 159 | 101 | 61% | 12 | 3 yrs9 owners | — |
| WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) | 115 | 55 | 68% | 12 | — | Approved |
| KakehashiThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Really cool project, but honest question though: why do people tend to name these projects so horribly?”
“I can see this is promising.”
“the problem is bigger and solution still seems to be early”
“this is something I've been waiting for a long time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.