Install Botspot Virtual Machine on Raspberry Pi

Botspot Virtual Machine

Run Windows 11 in a high-speed virtual machine on Linux
BVM is a virtual machine optimized for Windows 11 on ARM hardware like Raspberry Pi. It downloads, converts, configures, installs, and debloats the OS automatically, and all that's needed from you is to watch and wait patiently.
The VM has copy and paste transfer support, audio and internet passthrough (including Wi-Fi btw), file synchronization, and optimized graphics. It runs about as fast as Windows installed on real hardware, but with more drivers and better flexibility.

In case that's not enough, BVM makes Windows 11 install 100% automatically, it removes Microsoft's bloatware apps and advertising, it disables the Microsoft account requirement, and it makes a few more tweaks to reduce RAM usage to around 900 MB on standby.
Highly recommended: Go install the More RAM app from Pi-Apps, to help avoid freezes due to low available RAM. It makes a big difference, especially with devices having 4GB of RAM or less.

To run the simplified graphical interface: Menu -> Office -> Botspot Virtual Machine
To see the help options for the full command-line interface: ~/.local/share/bvm/bvm help

NOTE: This software is in BETA. It was released just a few days ago and may have bugs. You are expected to report all issues and ask questions by clicking on the github.com link at the top of this window, then click on the Issues tab. It's also a good idea in general to read through the latest announcements there to learn more about how to use BVM, along with more tips and tricks.

Fortunately, Botspot Virtual Machine is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
Use Pi-Apps to install Botspot Virtual Machine.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Botspot Virtual Machine will only run on PiOS 64-bit. Pi-Apps will not let you install Botspot Virtual Machine on PiOS 32-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps