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{{short description|PowerPC emulator}}
{{Infobox software
|name = PearPC
|logo = PearPC logo.png
|logo size = 64px
|developer = Sebastian Biallas, Stefan Weyergraf, Cassondra Foesch
|released = {{Start date and age|2004|05|10}}
|latest preview version = 0.6.0
|latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2015|07|12}}
|programming language = [[C++]], [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Assembly language|Assembly]]
|operating system = [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
|genre = [[Emulator]]
|license = [[GNU General Public License]]
}}{{Portal|Free and open source software
}}
'''PearPC''' is a [[PowerPC]] platform [[emulator]] capable of running many PowerPC [[operating system]]s, including pre-Intel versions of [[Mac OS X]], [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], and [[Linux]] on [[X86|x86 hardware]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Legard |first=David |date=2004-05-20 |title=A "pear" of projects plans to offer Mac OS on PCs |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2565186/a--pear--of-projects-plans-to-offer-mac-os-on-pcs.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Computerworld |language=en}}</ref> It is released under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL). It can be used on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]] and other systems based on [[POSIX]]-[[X11]]. The first official release was made on May 10, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-27 |title=PearPC [E-Maculation wiki] |url=https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/pearpc |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.emaculation.com}}</ref> The software was often used to run early versions of OS X on [[Windows XP]] computers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Choudhary |first=Amita |date=2016-05-08 |title=How To Run MAC OS on PC |url=https://www.engadget.com/2016-05-08-how-to-run-mac-os-on-pc.html |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Wei-Meng |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDH1C4m6zoMC&dq=%22pearpc%22&pg=PA3 |title=Running Mac OS X on Windows |date=2006-08-31 |publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc." |isbn=978-0-596-52843-0 |language=en}}</ref>