Windows Subsystem for Linux Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Turnkey Linux

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   TurnKey Linux provides a super simple way to deploy open source web apps/server side applications in the cloud, VM or bare metal.

   9 Turnkey Linux alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Linux Distro

   Origin

   • Israel

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Online

   • Israel

   

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2. 

   

   Winetricks

    3 likes

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

   Application type

   • Compatibility Layer

   Platforms

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

   

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4. 

   

   Apple Container

    1 like

   A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

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6. 

   

   Hangover

    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).

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

   Application type

   • Compatibility Layer

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

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7. 

   

   PortProton

    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)

   Application type

   • Compatibility Layer

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub

   

   

   

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   WineCharm

    2 likes

   WineCharm is a graphical user interface (GUI) application designed to simplify running and managing Windows applications on Linux using Wine. Built with Python and GTK4/Libadwaita, it provides an intuitive interface for launching .exe and .

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Python
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

   

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    Cooperative Linux

     11 likes

    Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • Israel

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Israel

    

    

    

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    OSBoxes

     4 likes

    Homepage of site that offers virtual machines (VDI & VMDK & VHD) for VirtualBox and VMware. Run VMs inside VirtualBox and VMware on any host.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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12. 

    

    Wine PyQt5

     1 like

    User Interface for Managing Wine.

    40 Wine PyQt5 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    protonup

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    CLI program and API to automate the installation and update of GloriousEggroll's Proton-GE

    40 protonup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine

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    ArchWSL

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    ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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