Q4wine Alternatives

Q4wine is described as 'Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications' and is a compatibility layer tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Q4wine for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wine, Steam and Android. The best alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Q4wine are Lutris, Proton, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Bottles.

Q4wine alternatives are mainly Compatibility Layer Tools but may also be Game Library Managers or Game Stores. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Q4wine.

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Q4wine

Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool

Mac
Linux
BSD
Wine

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

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Wine
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
BSD
29 alternatives to Wine
Wine is a free, open source application for running Windows software on operating systems that are normally not supported. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.
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Wine Features
Run Windows software
Emulation
Wine vs Q4wine opinions
This alternative is disputed. Wine is still a legitimate alternative to Q4wine, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
kris1
Q4wine is a front end for wine, not a replacement.
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Lutris
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Free • Open Source
Game Library Manager
Game Store
Compatibility Layer Tool
Linux
Online
FLATHUB
44 alternatives to Lutris
Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.
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Lutris Features
Game Launcher
Custom Scripts
Multi System Emulator
Proton
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Linux
Steam
27 alternatives to Proton
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.
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Proton Features
Run Windows software
Run Windows Games
Emulation
PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
Wine
FreeBSD
37 alternatives to PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
PlayOnLinux is a graphical frontend for the Wine software compatibility layer which allows Linux and Mac users to install Windows-based video games, Microsoft Office (2000 to 2010), Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as many other applications.
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PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac Features
1. Ad-freePlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Run Windows software
Run Windows Games
Bottles
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Linux
Flathub
27 alternatives to Bottles
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 Features
1. Ad-freeBottles doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Run Windows software
Native GUI
Customizable
CrossOver
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Paid • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
Android
Chrome OS
28 alternatives to CrossOver
CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel OS X Mac or Linux computer.

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Darling
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Linux
21 alternatives to Darling
Run macOS applications on Linux.
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Darling Features
macOS-like
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WineBottler
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Wine
23 alternatives to WineBottler
WineBottler is an App to manage and wrap your Windows apps into convenient OS X apps. WineBottler helps you with running Windows programs on OS X.
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WineBottler Features
Run in existing prefix
Discontinued
The application has not been updated for almost three years: https://bitbucket.org/winebottler/winebottler/src/master/, https://bitbucket.org/winebottler/winebottler/src/master/It also does not support the latest versions of macOS: https://www.reddit.com/r/winehq/comments/j43ziq/comment/g7gqpk5/
WinApps
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Linux
26 alternatives to WinApps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
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WinApps Features
Run Windows software
Add a screenshot
Goldberg Emulator
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
Steam
23 alternatives to Goldberg Emulator
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.
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Goldberg Emulator Features
1. Local multiplayerGoldberg Emulator allows two or more players to play from the same device and/or via LAN/System Link againts each other or against players in another location.
LAN
Gaming-focused