[naikrovek]

github.com/cirruslabs/tart is a command-line tool which makes this whole VM thing very easy on MacOS starting with Ventura.

[smaccona]

Is there an equivalent of this for Intel Macs?

[Cu3PO42]

The above framework (Virtualization.framework) provided by Apple is not restricted to AArch64, it's supported on Intel Macs.

I'm honestly not sure why a CLI tool would make that restriction, or if it even is a true restriction rather than an error in documentation.

In any case, vftool is another CLI and works fine on Intel Macs, but has not yet been updated for graphical VMs.

[naikrovek]

Linux with GUI is only available on MacOS 13 and higher, I guess.

GitHub has a fair few projects which can do Linux VMs with command-line access to the guest.