Wine Alternatives

Wine is described as 'A free, open-source compatibility layer allowing Windows applications to run on Linux and other systems, offering configuration and community support' and is a leading compatibility layer tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Wine for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wine, Flathub and Windows apps. The best Wine alternative is Proton, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wine are PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, WinBoat, Bottles and CrossOver.

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Wine alternatives are mainly Compatibility Layer Tools, but if you're looking for Virtualization Tools or Game Library Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Android and Linux + Compatibility Layer. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Wine.
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  2. WineBottler icon

    WineBottler

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    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.

    35 WineBottler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Wine
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    • Most users think WineBottler is a great Wine alternative.

    • WineBottler is Free and Open SourceWine is also Free and Open Source
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    CrossOver

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  6. Q4wine icon

    Q4wine

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

    38 Q4wine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wine
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  7. WinApps icon

    WinApps

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    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.

    38 WinApps alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Proton GE

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    This is my build of Proton with the most recent bleeding-edge Proton Experimental WINE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  11. Phoenicis icon

    Phoenicis

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    Phoenicis is a graphical front-end for Wine, a tool to help Linux and Mac users run games and programs for Windows. The future of PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  12. Winetricks icon

    Winetricks

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

    41 Winetricks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Slackware
     
  13. WineZGUI icon

    WineZGUI

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    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.

    42 WineZGUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  14. Darling icon

    Darling

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    Run macOS applications on Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  15. Wine PyQt5 icon

    Wine PyQt5

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    User Interface for Managing Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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