CrossOver Alternatives

Apps similar to CrossOver include Wine, which is free and open source. Other options are WinBoat, Lutris, Proton and Bottles. You're spoiled for choice with Compatibility Layer Tools like CrossOver: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Android, Windows and the web.

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  1. XoDos icon
     5 likes

    Custom Android environment supports X server for Linux apps, Termux access, Winlator controls, and advanced GPU drivers, enabling Windows games and Linux applications to run with optimized emulation, proot, chroot, DXVK, and enhanced hardware compatibility.

    14 XoDos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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  2. WineZGUI icon
     2 likes

    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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  3. Porting Kit icon
     15 likes

    Using Wineskin technology, Porting Kit is a PaulTheTall.com app that can install games and apps compiled for Microsoft Windows® in Mac OS X. It has access to a server where we store WSI files for more than 300 games, which can be installed by any Porting Kit user.

    32 Porting Kit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Winetricks icon
     3 likes

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

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Slackware
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  5. WinOnX 64 icon
     4 likes

    Run your Windows applications on OSX without the need of buying a Windows license.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. PortProton icon
     2 likes

    Project designed to make it easy and convenient to run Windows games on Linux for both beginners and advanced users. The project strives to make launching games (and other software) as simple as possible, but at the same time provides flexible settings for advanced users.

    33 PortProton alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. Hangover icon
     3 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).

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. MiceWine icon
     3 likes

    MiceWine is a project that aims to run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones.

    49 MiceWine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. Vineyard icon
     6 likes

    Vineyard is a collection of tools and libraries designed to make managing Windows programs on Linux easier. More specifically, it aims to improve the integration of Wine and the Free Desktop and to make it easier to create programs and tools that integrate with Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. WinConn icon
     3 likes

    WinConn simplifies creation, management and desktop integration of remote windows applications in Ubuntu Linux. It uses RemoteApp technology, implemented by FreeRDP project to provide seamless user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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