Apple Steam

An open-source experiment for running a controller-first Linux and Steam environment on M-series iPads.

Experimental and developer-signed. Not affiliated with Apple, Valve, Steam, Fedora, FEX, UTM, or Factorio.

Where it stands

• Supports every M-series iPad released through M5.
• Boots a persistent Fedora 44 ARM64 guest.
• Reaches authenticated Steam Gaming Mode and executes x86-64 code through FEX.
• Uses a slow VGA/VNC fallback today; playable GPU acceleration is still open.

The current physical validation device is an M1 iPad Pro. Other M-series models are supported by the tooling but still need individual validation.

Runtime

Today:   Fedora ARM64 → FEX → x86-64 Linux → VGA/VNC → Metal
Target:  Fedora ARM64 → FEX/Proton → VirGL/Venus → MoltenVK → Metal

No operating system, Steam client, commercial game, pairing record, or guest disk is stored in this repository.

Build

./tools/bootstrap-runtime.sh
xcodegen generate
./tools/run-on-ipad.sh

The full appliance build and device setup are in the build guide.

Project links

• Roadmap
• Architecture
• Physical-device results
• Contributing

Licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. See third-party notices before distributing a compiled build.