diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 06575e383339a8..ec12c5265002ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7917,6 +7917,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "ztracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gpui_apple"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "block",
+ "cbindgen",
+ "cocoa 0.26.0",
+ "collections",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.0",
+ "core-video",
+ "derive_more",
+ "etagere",
+ "foreign-types 0.5.0",
+ "gpui",
+ "image",
+ "log",
+ "metal",
+ "objc",
+ "parking_lot",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gpui_linux"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -7978,21 +8000,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-task",
  "block",
  "block2 0.6.2",
- "cbindgen",
  "cocoa 0.26.0",
  "collections",
  "core-foundation 0.10.0",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "core-graphics 0.24.0",
  "core-text",
- "core-video",
  "ctor",
- "derive_more",
  "dispatch2",
- "etagere",
  "foreign-types 0.5.0",
  "futures 0.3.32",
  "gpui",
+ "gpui_apple",
  "gpui_util",
  "image",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9af94b2395a260..96717ccea2540e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/google_ai",
     "crates/grammars",
     "crates/gpui",
+    "crates/gpui_apple",
     "crates/gpui_shared_string",
     "crates/gpui_linux",
     "crates/gpui_macos",
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ go_to_line = { path = "crates/go_to_line" }
 google_ai = { path = "crates/google_ai" }
 grammars = { path = "crates/grammars" }
 gpui = { path = "crates/gpui", default-features = false }
+gpui_apple = { path = "crates/gpui_apple" }
 gpui_shared_string = { path = "crates/gpui_shared_string" }
 gpui_linux = { path = "crates/gpui_linux", default-features = false }
 gpui_macos = { path = "crates/gpui_macos", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/gpui_apple/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpui_apple/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fb5f07a2cdaecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui_apple/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[package]
+name = "gpui_apple"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition.workspace = true
+publish.workspace = true
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+path = "src/gpui_apple.rs"
+
+[features]
+default = []
+test-support = ["gpui/test-support"]
+runtime_shaders = []
+
+[dependencies]
+gpui.workspace = true
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+block.workspace = true
+cocoa.workspace = true
+collections.workspace = true
+core-foundation.workspace = true
+core-video.workspace = true
+derive_more.workspace = true
+etagere.workspace = true
+foreign-types.workspace = true
+image.workspace = true
+log.workspace = true
+metal.workspace = true
+objc.workspace = true
+parking_lot.workspace = true
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.build-dependencies]
+cbindgen.workspace = true
+gpui.workspace = true
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dev-dependencies]
+gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/gpui_apple/LICENSE-APACHE b/crates/gpui_apple/LICENSE-APACHE
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000000..1cd601d0a3affa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui_apple/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE-APACHE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/build.rs b/crates/gpui_apple/build.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/gpui_macos/build.rs
rename to crates/gpui_apple/build.rs
diff --git a/crates/gpui_apple/src/gpui_apple.rs b/crates/gpui_apple/src/gpui_apple.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..208d297ea1062a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui_apple/src/gpui_apple.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#![cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+//! Shared Apple platform support for GPUI.
+//!
+//! This crate contains the Metal renderer and GPU resource management shared
+//! by GPUI's Apple platform backends.
+
+mod metal_atlas;
+pub mod metal_renderer;
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_atlas.rs b/crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_atlas.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_atlas.rs
rename to crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_atlas.rs
index ce5664d778a82f..9cfd445ba805df 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_atlas.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_atlas.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use metal::Device;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-pub(crate) struct MetalAtlas(Mutex<MetalAtlasState>);
+pub struct MetalAtlas(Mutex<MetalAtlasState>);
 
 impl MetalAtlas {
     pub(crate) fn new(device: Device, is_apple_gpu: bool) -> Self {
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_renderer.rs b/crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_renderer.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_renderer.rs
rename to crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_renderer.rs
index 4f6b0fee78a599..0f41297297cc9b 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_macos/src/metal_renderer.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_apple/src/metal_renderer.rs
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ const PATH_SAMPLE_COUNT: u32 = 4;
 const INSTANCE_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT: usize = 256;
 const MAX_INSTANCE_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-pub(crate) type Context = Arc<Mutex<InstanceBufferPool>>;
-pub(crate) type Renderer = MetalRenderer;
+pub type Context = Arc<Mutex<InstanceBufferPool>>;
+pub type Renderer = MetalRenderer;
 
-pub(crate) unsafe fn new_renderer(
+pub unsafe fn new_renderer(
     context: self::Context,
     _native_window: *mut c_void,
     _native_view: *mut c_void,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn new_renderer(
     MetalRenderer::new(context, transparent)
 }
 
-pub(crate) struct InstanceBufferPool {
+pub struct InstanceBufferPool {
     buffer_size: usize,
     buffers: Vec<metal::Buffer>,
 }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl InstanceBufferPool {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) struct MetalRenderer {
+pub struct MetalRenderer {
     device: metal::Device,
     layer: Option<metal::MetalLayer>,
     is_apple_gpu: bool,
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/src/shaders.metal b/crates/gpui_apple/src/shaders.metal
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/gpui_macos/src/shaders.metal
rename to crates/gpui_apple/src/shaders.metal
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpui_macos/Cargo.toml
index 5e0dbf57805147..ff10902a37c69a 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_macos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gpui_macos/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ path = "src/gpui_macos.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["gpui/default"]
-test-support = ["gpui/test-support"]
-runtime_shaders = []
+test-support = ["gpui/test-support", "gpui_apple/test-support"]
+runtime_shaders = ["gpui_apple/runtime_shaders"]
 font-kit = ["dep:font-kit"]
 screen-capture = ["gpui/screen-capture"]
 
@@ -34,15 +34,13 @@ core-foundation.workspace = true
 core-foundation-sys.workspace = true
 core-graphics.workspace = true
 core-text.workspace = true
-core-video.workspace = true
 ctor.workspace = true
-derive_more.workspace = true
 dispatch2 = "0.3.1"
-etagere.workspace = true
 # WARNING: If you change this, you must also publish a new version of zed-font-kit to crates.io
 font-kit = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/font-kit", rev = "94b0f28166665e8fd2f53ff6d268a14955c82269", package = "zed-font-kit", version = "0.14.1-zed", optional = true }
 foreign-types.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
+gpui_apple.workspace = true
 gpui_util.workspace = true
 image.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
@@ -64,16 +62,9 @@ smallvec.workspace = true
 strum.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.build-dependencies]
-cbindgen.workspace = true
-gpui.workspace = true
-
-# When this crate is itself being tested (cargo test -p gpui_macos), its own
-# cfg(test) flag enables impls of test-only traits like PlatformHeadlessRenderer
-# and PlatformWindow::render_to_image. Those traits/methods only exist in gpui
-# when gpui's `test-support` feature is on, so we have to turn that feature on
-# as a dev-dependency. The `cfg(test)` flag of a dependent crate doesn't
-# propagate to its dependencies, but dev-dependencies do, so this is the
-# correct way to enable the feature exactly when needed.
+# The macOS test-only window implementation depends on test-only APIs from both
+# GPUI and the extracted renderer. A dependency does not inherit this crate's
+# `cfg(test)`, so dev-dependencies enable those APIs only for test builds.
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dev-dependencies]
 gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
+gpui_apple = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/gpui_macos/src/gpui_macos.rs b/crates/gpui_macos/src/gpui_macos.rs
index 9a9e4d7ae801a8..1ee187299449c9 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_macos/src/gpui_macos.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_macos/src/gpui_macos.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ mod system_notifications;
 #[cfg(feature = "screen-capture")]
 mod screen_capture;
 
-mod metal_atlas;
-pub mod metal_renderer;
+use gpui_apple::metal_renderer as renderer;
 
-use metal_renderer as renderer;
+pub mod metal_renderer {
+    pub use gpui_apple::metal_renderer::{PathRasterizationVertex, PathSprite, SurfaceBounds};
+
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-support"))]
+    pub use gpui_apple::metal_renderer::MetalHeadlessRenderer;
+}
 
 #[cfg(feature = "font-kit")]
 mod open_type;