MacHead for Mac
Turns a MacBook into a headless server with lid-closed operation and remote access.
By ox01024. Free and open source, Apache-2.0 licence.
MacHead at a glance
- Version
- 0.1.24
- Released
- 7 October 2026
- Download size
- 75 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Category
- System Tools
- Developer
- ox01024
- GitHub stars
- 12
About MacHead
MacBook 无头工作站模式管理器 · Turn any MacBook (broken screen OK) into a headless server
Screenshots

How to install MacHead on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for MacHead and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.1.24 from ox01024's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to MacHead show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: MacHead-v0.1.24-macos-universal.dmg (75 MB).
What is new in MacHead 0.1.24
## MacHead v0.1.24 技术变更细节请查看下方自动生成的提交日志。 User-facing release notes are served via OTA update channel. **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ox01024/MacHead/compare/v0.1.23...v0.1.24
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