Whether you're a seasoned developer or a beginner, our range of AI capabilities can quickly enhance your AI development skills.
Start your AI journey with a trusted platform for developers who build and test across Windows, Linux, and ARM architectures. Our pre-packaged virtual machine enhances your development skills by making AI models accessible with tools and code suggestions that help you to elevate your applications.
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Simulate real-world conditions, manage multiple environments, and swiftly revert to previous states with advanced virtual machine features.
Parallels Desktop for Mac enables access to AI while keeping data private and secure by providing downloadable AI-ready virtual machines that can be managed and operated offline.
With just a click, download the Parallels virtual machine ready for AI and download and run your small language model inside it, completely disconnected from the Internet.
IT admins can lock the virtual machine settings, encrypt disks, isolate them from the Mac, or set an expiration date.
By utilizing the Parallels DevOps service, you get the added benefit of integrated Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
Ensure secure, controlled virtual machine management access to any virtual machine reference images that exist in your company's catalog.
With a Parallels Desktop Enterprise license, golden images can also be managed and distributed by the IT department, offering yet another layer of security.
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a cornerstone in your developer's toolkit.
We connect seamlessly with:
Explore our GitHub repositories for open-source projects that you can also integrate into your development process.
The Parallels Visual Studio Code extension powers the workflows of both individual developers and teams.
Start exploring and experimenting with AI with the VMs in our Visual Studio Code extension’s catalog, while controlling expenses by avoiding the recurring charges associated with cloud usage.
Enjoy quick onboarding and testing on different configurations, including offline setups.
With the GitHub Copilot integration, you can effortlessly execute most virtual machine operations using natural language.
Simply say, "@parallels start the Windows 11 VM," and let the chat participant handle the rest.
Teams of developers can set up their VM catalogs and Mac host pools to enable quick developer onboarding, switch between projects, and manage CI/CD for Windows, Linux, macOS, and iOS apps on Macs, both in the cloud and locally.
The Enterprise edition of Parallels Desktop supports Windows and Windows apps and enables the deployment of third-party AI models in a locally secured VM that can be shared with employees, giving them controlled access to AI tools.
Our local virtual machine package is designed to jumpstart your knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence.
Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, this Parallels Desktop-packaged VM provides what you need to dive into the world of AI with ease and confidence.
Our package features a diverse collection of third-party tools, and code examples to help you integrate third-party AI models into your projects.
This comprehensive toolkit for computer vision, scientific computing, machine learning, audio processing, image processing, and more equips you to build, analyze, and innovate across a broad spectrum of AI-driven applications.
These third-party tools are provided "as is," without updates, and are subject to their respective terms and conditions. For more information, please refer to our terms.
Keep your AI development resources within your own infrastructure
Deploy a wide range of third-party AI models and essential tools.
Pre-configured environments allow you to start immediately without setup hassles.
Learn from practical code examples and apply AI concepts in real-world applications.
Suitable for both beginners and experienced developers.
Designed to scale with your enterprise needs, the Parallels DevOps service seamlessly integrates into your existing infrastructure.
You can try to use pretty much any model that fits into your Mac resources. Our sample apps have been tested against the following AI models. The code to use the models is included in the sample applications:
A Mac computer powered by Apple silicon (M-series chip) with 16GB memory or more will enable you to run our prepackaged AI-ready virtual machines. There is no package for Intel Mac computers.
The virtual machine is prepackaged by Parallels engineers. If you don’t trust the models that you download, you can take advantage of virtualization and disable network access in the virtual machine configuration.
Using an AI VM offers a number of benefits.
It is an ideal starting point for those who are not familiar with AI and want a quick setup to start playing and learning, without dealing with an error-prone setup involving dependencies directly on your Mac. Our prepackaged VM is ready to use and when you are done, you can remove the VM and your Mac is as clean as it was previously.
Virtualization allows you to control the parameters of the VM. You can test model performance on weaker environments by limiting resources allocated to the VM.
VM can also be disconnected from the Internet, guaranteeing data privacy.
If you want to securely share your AI VM with your team, you can use Parallels DevOps Catalog service (Business or Enterprise Edition). IT teams can share it in the organization using the Management Portal in Enterprise Edition. Please follow all the license requirements and terms of conditions of the models you share.
Yes, you can contribute to the Parallels GitHub repositories such as the Parallels Desktop Visual Studio Code extension, the Vagrant plugin, Packer templates and examples, Parallels Desktop Command Line scripts, AWS Terraform automation, and the Parallels Desktop Driver for Docker Machine.
Yes, there is a Parallels community on GitHub where you can get answers and discuss challenges with other users. We also have a Discord channel where you can chat with other developers working with Parallels Desktop.
* Only available for download in the Pro Edition until 12/31/25
