The ra1nstorm helper prepares an environment adequate for running checkra1n.
Stage1 (stage1/
) contains the Windows-part of the setup and is responsible
for preparing the Linux environment.
Stage2 (stage2/
) contains the Linux part of the setup and prepares the macOS
VM and automatically configures IOMMU/vfio.
ra1nstorm downloads freely available components like the macOS installer from official servers. We do not host any components ourselves.
ra1nstorm is 100% legal
ra1nstorm setup does not currently work with iPads or iPods, but after initial setup, they should work fine.
Simply visit the checkra1n website from within the VM and follow the instructions.
ra1nstorm does not currently support AMD CPUs.
Steps for enabling Intel VT-d (IOMMU) vary by motherboard, but are usually like the following:
- Enter the computer BIOS (probably F12 on boot)
- Navigate to an "Advanced" tab
- Select the "VT-d" or similar option
- Enable it
- Reboot
This software is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY in the hopes that it will be useful. Ronsor Labs does not accept responsibility for any damages that may occur.
This software is beta quality. Be careful.
ra1nstorm (C) 2019 Ronsor Labs. This software is licensed under the terms of the MIT/X11 license. checkra1n (C) 2019 Kim Jong Cracks. Development by qwertyoruiop, axi0mx, et al.