Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM)
HAXM is a cross-platform hardware-assisted virtualization engine (hypervisor),
widely used as an accelerator for Android Emulator and
QEMU. It has always supported running on Windows and macOS, and has been
ported to other host operating systems as well, such as Linux and NetBSD.
HAXM runs as a kernel-mode driver on the host operating system, and provides a
KVM-like interface to user space, thereby enabling applications like QEMU to
utilize the hardware virtualization capabilities built into modern Intel CPUs,
namely Intel Virtualization Technology.
Downloads
The latest HAXM release for Windows and macOS hosts are available
here.
Contributing
Detailed instructions for building and testing HAXM can be found at:
If you would like to contribute a patch to the code base, please also read
these guidelines.
Reporting an Issue
You are welcome to file a GitHub issue if you discover a
general HAXM bug or have a feature request.
However, please do not use the GitHub issue tracker to report security
vulnerabilities. If you have information about a security issue or vulnerability
with HAXM, please send an email to secure@intel.com, and
use the PGP key located at https://www.intel.com/security to encrypt any
sensitive information.
Code of Conduct
This project has adopted the Contributor Covenant, in the hope of building a
welcoming and inclusive community. All participants in the project should adhere
to this code of conduct.