# Lima v2.1.1

- Product: Lima (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/lima)
- Vendor: Lima Project
- Date: 2026-04-03
- Version: v2.1.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/tag/v2.1.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/lima/releases/v2.1.1
- Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux

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- **added** — Add Windows artifacts
- **changed** — Allow unusual range of UID in macOS guest
- **fixed** — Honor audio.device=none in vz
- **changed** — Update nerdctl from v2.2.1 to v2.2.2
- **changed** — Add riscv64 support to almalinux-kitten-10 template

##### Changes

- Binary release:
  - Add Windows artifacts (#4789)

- macOS guest:
  - Allow unusual range of UID (#4171, thanks to @balajiv113)

- vz:
  - Honor `audio.device=none` (#4762, thanks to @BizerNotNull)

- nerdctl:
  - Update from v2.2.1 to [v2.2.2](https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/tag/v2.2.2) (#4787)
    - This release of the nerdctl distribution updates BuildKit ([0.28.1](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/v0.28.1)), CNI plugins ([1.9.1](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/tag/v1.9.1)), and a few dependencies (#4815). See the release note of BuildKit and CNI plugins for their security updates.

- Templates:
  - `almalinux-kitten-10`: support riscv64 (#4753)

- Project:
  - MAINTAINERS: promote Ansuman Sahoo (@unsuman) to a Committer (#4765)

Full changes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/milestone/69?closed=1
Thanks to @BizerNotNull @balajiv113 @jandubois @lukasfroehlich1 @qeinstein @unsuman

##### Usage
```console
$ limactl create
$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.

$ lima uname
Linux
```

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The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/23954640668

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is `18c18811309d97c8e94d8612223d7fde510301e57edeb3374359f65ab6461b0d` .
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