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 WinBoat, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, CrossOver and Bottles.

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Wine alternatives are mainly Compatibility Layer Tools, but if you're looking for Virtualization Tools or Game Emulators you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Linux + Compatibility Layer and Android. 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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  1. XoDos icon
     4 likes

    Custom Android environment supports X server for Linux apps, Termux access, Winlator controls, and advanced GPU drivers, enabling Windows games and Linux applications to run with optimized emulation, proot, chroot, DXVK, and enhanced hardware compatibility.

    10 XoDos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  2. MiceWine icon
     4 likes

    MiceWine is a project that aims to run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones.

    46 MiceWine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  3.  Like

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

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  4. WineZGUI icon
     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.

    41 WineZGUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. Vineyard icon
     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
     
  6. WineD3D icon
     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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. Hangover icon
     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
     
  9. Boxedwine icon
     Like

    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
     
  10. Karton icon
     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
     
  11. Spark-Wine icon
     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
     
  12. PortProton icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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