^{Not a beast tool or distro. Uses macrecovery, SSDTTime, acidanthera kexts from GitHub releases. macOS from Apple directly. Nothing patched or modified.}

What is HackMate?

It's a TUI tool that automates the Dortania guide — every step, in order, no tweaks, no special tools. Scans your hardware (CPU gen/codename, iGPU, audio codec, ethernet, WiFi chipset, touchpad type, NVMe, Thunderbolt), shows which macOS versions are compatible, you pick a USB drive, and it runs the full pipeline: FAT32 format → EFI structure → macOS recovery from Apple → SMBIOS generation → config.plist → kexts from GitHub releases → latest OpenCore → SSDTs from your live DSDT via SSDTTime. If you've followed the Dortania guide before, every step HackMate takes is one you'd recognize. Runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS as host. Built in Python + Textual.

On the "it doesn't teach you" concern

HackMate has an Advanced panel that shows every raw command in real time — exact diskpart/parted calls, macrecovery with its arguments, every kext downloaded from which GitHub release, SSDTTime against your actual DSDT. The config.plist it generates is standard OpenCore — open it in any plist editor and it's the same structure as the Dortania guide. The goal isn't to hide the process, it's to remove the error-prone manual steps so you spend your time understanding what's in the EFI instead of fighting diskpart.

What's new in v1.2.1:

SSDT-XOSI was silently skipping for most users

SSDTTime doesn't always list XOSI in its menu. HackMate was saying "SKIP" and moving on — sleep/wake and USB power were broken for most laptops. Fixed: compiles SSDT-XOSI from a built-in template when SSDTTime can't generate it.

Intel WiFi kext chooser

Now asks: itlwm + HeliPort (works across all macOS versions) or AirportItlwm (native built-in WiFi, no HeliPort — but tied to your macOS version, needs swapping after upgrades). Explains the tradeoff before you pick.

BIOS checklist after USB build

After the USB is ready, shows exactly what to toggle in BIOS before booting — Secure Boot, Fast Boot, DVMT pre-alloc, XHCI Handoff, CSM. Adapts per hardware.

Full AMD vanilla kernel patches

Complete AMD_Vanilla patch set auto-generated in config.plist — cpuid spoof, commpage, mp_cpus_callin with your actual core count. Intel-only quirks disabled for AMD.

OpenCore log reader

Reads the OC log off your USB after a failed boot and translates errors to plain English.

More accurate Intel gen detection

Added device ID 5917 (UHD 620 — T480s, MateBook, some XPS 13s were falling through to name inference). Whiskey Lake, Coffee Lake Refresh, Comet Lake variants added.

Still most tested on ThinkPad T480s. Would love reports from AMD Ryzen, Alder/Raptor Lake users.

github.com/riftaway7-code/hackmate

Supports Windows 10 and 11
Supports Linux (Any Distro)
Supports MacOS

-rift