Rent macOS for iOS builds and CI
Building an iOS app needs a Mac with Xcode. If you do not have one, or yours is busy, rent a macOS virtual machine or a whole Mac mini: for a day for a one-off build, or by the month for a permanent CI runner.
You get macOS with administrator rights: install the Xcode version you need, Command Line Tools, Homebrew, CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager. Build by hand in Xcode over Screen Sharing, or script it over SSH — xcodebuild, fastlane, Flutter, React Native, Kotlin Multiplatform.
For permanent CI, register it as a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner or GitLab Runner. It runs only your jobs, and DerivedData caches and simulators persist between builds. In a VM the cores, memory and disk are yours, although the Mac itself may carry one other VM; a whole Mac is shared with nobody.
A VM handles a typical app and a CI runner. For large projects, several simulators at once or parallel builds, take a whole Mac: the M4 with 16 GB or the M4 Pro with 24 GB.
Good for
- A one-off build and signed release without owning a Mac
- A self-hosted GitHub Actions or GitLab runner
- Checking a build against a specific Xcode version
- Cross-platform projects: Flutter, React Native, KMP
Not a fit
- Testing on a real iPhone — we have no physical devices
- Hundreds of parallel builds — there are four Mac minis
Other use cases
AI agents and Claude Code
Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor and your own agents on a machine that stays on around the clock and keeps your laptop free.
App Store publishing
Sign, notarise and upload a build to App Store Connect with your own Apple ID.
Just a remote Mac
Safari, macOS-only software, layout checks — anything that needs a real Mac.
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