This is the use case I was attempting to solve with VirtualBuddy[0], but GhostVM looks like a far more compelling solution now.

[0] https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy

the activation problem on Apple Silicon VMs is no joke. apples attestation system fights you every step of the way. curious how ghostvm handles that - do they have a workaround or are you limited in what you can actually do inside the VM

iCloud login works, but i’ve had it log me out randomly. AppStore is straight up blocked. Thankfully Xcode has a manual download. Signing/notarization workflows work fine. What did you experience?

I was asking myself the same question. this does look promising!