Using bare Wine and DOSBox usually gives problems when launching a mixture of Windows and MS-DOS applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
WinApps is described as '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' and is a compatibility layer tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WinApps for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Flathub, Wine and Flatpak apps. The best WinApps alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinApps are WinBoat, Proton, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Bottles.
Using bare Wine and DOSBox usually gives problems when launching a mixture of Windows and MS-DOS applications.
Boxedwine is an emulator that runs Windows applications. It achieves this by running an unmodified 32-bit version of Wine, and emulating the Linux kernel and CPU.



Boxedwine is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to WinApps.