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 3.0.3 (shortlog)

Development:

Wine 3.16 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 3.16 Released

September 14, 2018

The Wine development release 3.16 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Initial implementation of OPC Services.
Support for rendering buttons from an ImageList.
Better support for CSS properties in MSHTML.
Namespace fixes in XML Writer.
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 3.0.3 Released

September 13, 2018

The Wine maintenance release 3.0.3 is now available.

What's new in this release:

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 3.15 Released

August 31, 2018

The Wine development release 3.15 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Support for DPI scaling on Android.
HID device support in Raw Input.
Many more new icons in Shell32.
WinHTTP converted to use Windows Sockets.
Syntax fixes in the command line interpreter.
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.