WineBottler Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to WineBottler for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to WineBottler and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to WineBottler are PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, CrossOver, Q4wine and Wineskin Winery.

WineBottler alternatives are mainly Compatibility Layer Tools but may also be Virtualization Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of WineBottler.

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WineBottler

Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool

Mac
Wine

WineBottler is an App to manage and wrap your Windows apps into convenient OS X apps. WineBottler helps you with running...

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Wine
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
BSD
28 alternatives to Wine
Wine is a free, open source application for running Windows software on operating systems that are normally not supported. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.
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Wine Features
Run Windows software
Emulation
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Most users think Wine is a great alternative to WineBottler.
PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
Wine
FreeBSD
36 alternatives to PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac
PlayOnLinux is a graphical frontend for the Wine software compatibility layer which allows Linux and Mac users to install Windows-based video games, Microsoft Office (2000 to 2010), Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as many other applications.
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PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac Features
1. Ad-freePlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Run Windows software
Run Windows Games
PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac vs WineBottler opinions
Most users think PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac is a great alternative to WineBottler.
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It's an open source software, and is pretty intuitive to work with
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CrossOver
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Paid • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
Android
Chrome OS
27 alternatives to CrossOver
CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel OS X Mac or Linux computer.

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Q4wine
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
Wine
22 alternatives to Q4wine
Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications
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1. Windows Explorer ExtensionQ4wine can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Wineskin Winery
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Wine
20 alternatives to Wineskin Winery
Wineskin is a tool used to make ports of Windows software to Mac OS X. The ports are in the form of normal Mac application bundle wrappers. It works like a wrapper around the Windows software, and you can share just the wrappers if you choose.
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Wineskin Winery Features
Run Windows software
Run Windows Games
Discontinued
Hasn't been updated in over 6 years and doesn't work on most modern versions of macOS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wineskin/, https://github.com/Gcenx/WineskinServer#wineskin

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Winebottler uses functions of Wineskin to bundle apps, this is the original it's can be more work for a beginner but offers way more customization to the wrapper and later you can change the included Wine Engine without needing to remake the entire wrapper
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PyWinery
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
Cedega
Wine
15 alternatives to PyWinery
PyWinery is a graphical, easy and simple wine-prefix manager which allows you to launch apps, explore and manage configuration of separate prefixes, graphically and faster than setting variables on linux shell.
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Windows-explorer
Discontinued
Not updated for over five years: https://github.com/ergoithz/pywinery/commits/master
Karton
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
16 alternatives to Karton
Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

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Porting Kit
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
17 alternatives to Porting Kit
Using Wineskin technology, Porting Kit is a PaulTheTall.com app that can install games and apps compiled for Microsoft Windows® in Mac OS X. It has access to a server where we store WSI files for more than 300 games, which can be installed by any Porting Kit user.
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Porting Kit Features
Run Windows software
WinOnX 64
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
19 alternatives to WinOnX 64
Run your Windows applications on OSX without the need of buying a Windows license.
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WinOnX 64 Features
Emulation
Run Windows software
Discontinued
The application has not been updated for almost three years, and also, judging by the reviews, does not work on the latest versions of macOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/winonx-64/id421346233
Phoenicis
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Free • Open Source
Compatibility Layer Tool
Mac
Linux
26 alternatives to Phoenicis
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.
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Phoenicis Features
Run Windows Games
Run Windows software