Following our expansion into AI workflows in v2.0, Lima v2.1(beta now, will reach GA by the date of KubeCon) introduces highly anticipated experimental support…

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Lima v2.1 (currently in beta, GA at KubeCon) brings experimental macOS and FreeBSD guest support, plus a new AI agent safety feature. The `limactl shell --sync` command lets developers run AI agents like Claude or Aider against a fully isolated VM copy of their files, presenting an interactive diff before any changes are applied to the host. Performance improvements include a guestagent binary size reduction from 14MB to 6.1MB, disk consolidation into a single file, and improved host-to-guest time sync. Other additions include a `limactl watch` command, multi-node k3s cluster support, and guest directory path standardization.

Lima v2.1: macOS guests and enhanced AI agent safety

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