Parallels Desktop for Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac
Developer(s)Parallels
Initial releaseJune 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)
Stable release
20.0.0  (10 September 2024 (10 September 2024))
Operating systemmacOS
Platform
Available inEnglish, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Polish, Czech
TypeHypervisor
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.parallels.com/products/desktop/

Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hypervisor providing hardware virtualization for Mac computers. It is developed by Parallels, a subsidiary of Corel.

Parallels was initially developed for Macintosh systems with Intel processors, with version 16.5 introducing support for Macs with Apple silicon.

Microsoft officially endorses the use of Parallels Desktop for running Windows 11 on Apple silicon Macs.