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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 10.0 (shortlog)
Development:
Wine 10.12 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 10.12 Released

July 11, 2025

The Wine development release 10.12 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Optional EGL backend in the X11 driver.
  • Support for Bluetooth Low Energy services.
  • More support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL.
  • ARM64 builds enabled in Gitlab CI.
  • Various bug fixes.

Wine 10.11 Released

June 27, 2025

The Wine development release 10.11 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Preparation work for NTSync support.
  • More support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL.
  • Various bug fixes.

Wine 10.10 Released

June 13, 2025

The Wine development release 10.10 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

  • Mono engine updated to version 10.1.0.
  • OSMesa library no longer needed.
  • More support for generating Windows Runtime metadata in WIDL.
  • Locale data updated to Unicode CLDR 47.
  • P010 format support in Media Foundation.
  • Various bug fixes.

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