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I didn't realize macOS wasn't supported, that's a disappointment. I work at a startup that's all .NET 6 on macbooks, and I was pretty excited at the chance to use native AOT.

I assume running an app in a container wouldn't allow you to sidestep that problem?

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If you want to be on the bleeding edge, the .NET 8 previews supports AOT for macOS.

Indeed. I've been using the .NET 8 previews with Native AOT on an M1 Mac for several weeks, and things work quite nicely.

Oh sweet, I'll probably wait for November when .NET 8 releases but good to know it works well on the M1!

A change to support macOS just barely missed the snap to get in .NET 7 but has been available since early pre-preview builds of .NET 8. Its support is really good in 8 and there will be even a feature to use NativeAOT for 'net8.0-ios' targets meaning you could write components in C# and integrate them into Swift binaries via C bindings (maybe there are better interop options? my knowledge is very limited on this topic).

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