sign up no thanks close node package manager npm private modules npm for the Enterprise documentation blog npm weekly jobs support sign up or log in linux run linux If you are a robot, enter text here linux beta software! proceed with caution Download, install and run Linux on OS X in less than 60 seconds! npm installs hypercore linux (based on tiny core linux ) and runs it as a daemon using the new Mac OS Yosemite hypervisor (via xhyve ). See this youtube video for a demonstration with a cool soundtrack. This module is a low level component that is part of HyperOS , made by the team working on the Dat data version control tool. We are working on integrating the other HyperOS components to support advanced functionality like running containers, sharing filesystems etc. Mac OS Yosemite only for now, Windows support coming later ...