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 6.0 (shortlog)

Development:

Wine 6.6 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 5.0.5 Released

April 16, 2021

The Wine maintenance release 5.0.5 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Fixes build failure when v4l is missing

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 6.6 Released

April 9, 2021

The Wine development release 6.6 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Mono engine updated to version 6.1.1, with upstream updates.
DWrite and DnsApi libraries converted to PE.
Plug & play driver support improvements.
Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 6.5 Released

March 26, 2021

The Wine development release 6.5 is now available.

What's new in this release:

OpenCL support updated to version 1.2.
More support for IE compatibility modes in MSHTML.
More windowless RichEdit work.
A few more WinRT library stubs.
Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.