No, not currently

Velo Workspaces does not support Windows guests right now, on either Apple Silicon or Intel Macs. The reason is specific rather than a policy choice: Apple's Virtualization.framework can't currently boot a Windows 11 guest reliably enough to ship as a supported feature. This isn't a hedge — it's the actual state of the framework Velo Workspaces (and every other app built on it, rather than on something heavier like QEMU's full-system emulation) has to work with.

What Velo Workspaces does run

  • Apple Silicon Macs: Linux and macOS guests, both hardware-virtualized via Virtualization.framework.
  • Intel Macs: Linux guests only.

If what you're after is a disposable Linux VM — for AI agent sandboxing, QA, clean-room bug reproduction, or just keeping a project's dependencies off your main filesystem — that's the actual product, covered in the fundamentals post and the complete setup guide.

Where to go if you specifically need Windows

Two real options, both of which handle Windows on Apple Silicon properly:

  • Parallels Desktop is the one to reach for. It has real engineering investment specifically in Windows-on-Arm — one-click Windows 11 ARM installation, DirectX 11 and OpenGL support for compatible games, Coherence Mode for running Windows apps alongside macOS ones.
  • UTM is free and open source, and can run Windows on Apple Silicon too, with more manual setup and without Parallels' polish or GPU acceleration.

See the full Velo Workspaces vs. Parallels Desktop vs. UTM comparison for pricing and the rest of what each tool actually does — that post is honest about this exact gap, since it's a vendor comparison written by someone who built one of the three tools in it.

If you're migrating an existing VM the other direction — bringing a Linux VM you already have in UTM or VMware Fusion over to Velo Workspaces — see the migration guide.