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What is Wine?

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.


Latest Releases

Stable:
Wine 9.0 (shortlog)
Development:
Wine 9.20 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 9.20 Released

October 18, 2024

The Wine development release 9.20 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Bundled Capstone library for disassembly in WineDbg.
  • More formats supported in D3DX9.
  • Static analysis and JUnit test reports in Gitlab CI.
  • More support for network sessions in DirectPlay.
  • Various bug fixes.

Wine 9.19 Released

October 4, 2024

The Wine development release 9.19 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Character tables updates to Unicode 16.0.0.
  • Better window positioning in the Wayland driver.
  • More support for network sessions in DirectPlay.
  • Support for plug&play device change notifications.
  • Various bug fixes.

Wine 9.18 Released

September 20, 2024

The Wine development release 9.18 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • New Media Foundation backend using FFMpeg.
  • Initial support for network sessions in DirectPlay.
  • New Desktop Control Panel applet.
  • Various bug fixes.

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