Bottles Alternatives

Bottles is described as 'Application designed for elementary OS (but works on all GNU/Linux distributions), which helps in managing wineprefix' and is a compatibility layer tool in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bottles for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wine, Flathub and Android apps. The best Bottles alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bottles are Lutris, Proton, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Whisky.

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Bottles is an application designed for elementary OS (but works on all GNU/Linux distributions), which helps in managing wineprefix.

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Bottles alternatives page was last updated Oct 6, 2024
  1. WineZGUI icon
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    WineZGUI (pronounced Wine-Zee-Goo-Eee) is a wine frontend for playing windows games with wine easily. It is a collection of Bash scripts for Wine Prefix Management and Linux Desktop Integration for easier wine gaming experience using Zenity.

    38 WineZGUI alternatives
    WineZGUI screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    WineZGUI Features

    1.  Run Windows software
    WineZGUI iconBottles Icon

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  2. Goldberg Emulator icon
     5 likes

    Steam emulator that emulates steam online features. Lets you play games that use the steam multiplayer APIs on a LAN without steam or an internet connection.

    30 Goldberg Emulator alternatives
    Goldberg Emulator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Goldberg Emulator Features

    1.  Local multiplayer
    2.  LAN
    Goldberg Emulator iconBottles Icon

    Goldberg Emulator VS Bottles

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    This is my build of Proton with the most recent bleeding-edge Proton Experimental WINE.

    39 Proton GE alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
    Bottles Icon

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  4. ProtonPlus icon
     2 likes

    A simple Wine and Proton-based compatibility tools manager.

    39 ProtonPlus alternatives
    ProtonPlus screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Flatpak
    • Proton
    • Vala
    • Nix Package Manager

    ProtonPlus Features

    1.  Gtk
    ProtonPlus iconBottles Icon

    ProtonPlus VS Bottles

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  5. Phoenicis icon
     1 like

    Phoenicis is a graphical front-end for Wine, a tool to help Linux and Mac users run games and programs for Windows. The future of PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac.

    38 Phoenicis alternatives
    Phoenicis screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Phoenicis Features

    1.  Run Windows Games
    2.  Run Windows software
    Phoenicis iconBottles Icon

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  6. Hangover icon
     2 likes

    This is Hangover, a project started by André Zwing and Stefan Dösinger in 2016 to run (x86_64)/x86_32 Windows applications on aarch64/(ppc64le)/x86_64 Wine. (Architectures in brackets are currently not supported).

    38 Hangover alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Hangover Features

    1.  Run Windows software
    Hangover iconBottles Icon

    Hangover VS Bottles

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  7. Cartridges icon
     2 likes

    Cartridges is a simple game launcher for all of your games. It has support for importing games from Steam, Lutris, Heroic and more with no login necessary. You can sort and hide games or download cover art from SteamGridDB.

    41 Cartridges alternatives
    Cartridges screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Cartridges Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Game Launcher
    4.  Gtk
    Cartridges iconBottles Icon

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  8. Q4wine icon
     17 likes

    Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications

    35 Q4wine alternatives
    Q4wine screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wine

    Q4wine Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    Q4wine iconBottles Icon

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  9. Protontricks icon
     1 like

    A wrapper that does winetricks things for Proton enabled games, requires Winetricks.

    39 Protontricks alternatives
    Protontricks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
    Protontricks iconBottles Icon

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  10. Wineskin Winery icon
     19 likes

    Wineskin is a tool used to make ports of Windows software to Mac OS X. The ports are in the form of normal Mac application bundle wrappers. It works like a wrapper around the Windows software, and you can share just the wrappers if you choose.

    32 Wineskin Winery alternatives
    Main Winery Window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Wine

    Wineskin Winery Features

    1.  Run Windows software
    2.  Run Windows Games
    Discontinued

    Hasn't been updated in over 6 years and doesn't work on most modern versions of macOS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/, https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer#wineskin

    Wineskin Winery iconBottles Icon

    Wineskin Winery VS Bottles

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  11. ProtonUp-Qt icon
     1 like

    Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.

    37 ProtonUp-Qt alternatives
    ProtonUp-Qt screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    ProtonUp-Qt iconBottles Icon

    ProtonUp-Qt VS Bottles

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  12.  1 like

    Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine.

    39 Winetricks alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Slackware
    Bottles Icon

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