DXVK Alternatives

DXVK is described as 'A Vulkan-based translation layer for D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11, which can be used on Linux with Wine' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to DXVK for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Wine, Flatpak and Arch Linux apps. The best DXVK alternative is Proton, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DXVK are MangoHUD, Mythic, ProtonPlus and ProtonUp-Qt.

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  1. Proton icon
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    Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on Linux kernel operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.

    43 Proton alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Steam
     
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    Preconfigured Wine with DXVK.

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    • Proton is the most popular Linux alternative to DXVK.

    • Proton is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DXVK.

    • Proton is Free and Open SourceDXVK is also Free and Open Source
  2. Mythic icon
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    An open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.

    48 Mythic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Mythic is the most popular Mac alternative to DXVK.

    • Mythic is Free and Open SourceDXVK is also Free and Open Source
    • Mythic is Lightweight and Privacy focusedDXVK is not according to our users
  3. ProtonPlus icon
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    A simple Wine and Proton-based compatibility tools manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Wine
    • Flatpak
    • Vala
    • Proton
     
  4. ProtonUp-Qt icon
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    Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Protontricks icon
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    A wrapper that does winetricks things for Proton enabled games, requires Winetricks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
     
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    This is my build of Proton with the most recent bleeding-edge Proton Experimental WINE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  7. Winetricks icon
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    Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Slackware
     
  8. D8VK icon
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    A Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 which allows running 3D applications on Linux using Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    D8VK is now merged into the DXVK codebase and is no longer maintained independent of DXVK. See https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk/blob/main/README.md

    D8VK icon
    • D8VK is the most popular Windows alternative to DXVK.

    • D8VK is Free and Open SourceDXVK is also Free and Open Source
  9. WineD3D icon
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    Even if Windows supports DirectX natively, using WineD3D can enhance backwards compatiblity with older games, especially on Windows 8 and newer that don't support 16 bit screen modes. Another possible use is to emulate unsupported versions of DirectX, or porting DirectX...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11.  Like
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    CLI program and API to automate the installation and update of GloriousEggroll's Proton-GE

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
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