Wine Alternatives

Apps similar to Wine include WinBoat, which is free and open source. Other options are Proton, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, Bottles and CrossOver. You're spoiled for choice with Compatibility Layer Tools like Wine: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and the web.

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  1. ProtonUp-Qt icon

    ProtonUp-Qt

     5 likes

    Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • NO flagNorway
    ProtonUp-Qt screenshot 1
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  2. Q4wine icon

    Q4wine

     21 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wine
    Q4wine screenshot 1
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  4. AnyPS5 icon

    AnyPS5

     4 likes

    Tool for automatic PS5 executables porting to Linux and Windows.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    AnyPS5 screenshot 1
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    CrossOver icon
    CrossOver

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    protonup

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
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  7. Vineyard icon

    Vineyard

     6 likes

    Vineyard is a collection of tools and libraries designed to make managing Windows programs on Linux easier. More specifically, it aims to improve the integration of Wine and the Free Desktop and to make it easier to create programs and tools that integrate with Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Vineyard screenshot 1
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  9. WineZGUI icon

    WineZGUI

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    WineZGUI screenshot 1
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  10. WineD3D icon

    WineD3D

     1 like

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU
    WineD3D screenshot 1
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  11. Turbo.net for Mac icon

    Turbo.net for Mac

     1 like

    Turbo.net for Mac runs PC apps on your Mac without having to install a Virtual Machine.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
    Run IE and PC browsers on Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  12. Boxedwine icon

    Boxedwine

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    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Boxedwine screenshot 1
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  13. Hangover icon

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  14. Karton icon

    Karton

     4 likes

    Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  15. Spark-Wine icon

    Spark-Wine

     1 like

    spark store customized wine, modify deepin-wine to make it perform better. A user-friendly Wine frontend optimized for Chinese Linux users to run Windows applications and games seamlessly. It's part of the Spark Project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Deepin
    • CN flagChina
    spark-dwine-helper settings
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