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.

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Wine 10.0 (shortlog)

Development:

Wine 10.16 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 10.16 Released

October 3, 2025

The Wine development release 10.16 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Fast synchronization support using NTSync.
16-bit apps supported in new WoW64 mode.
Initial support for D3DKMT objects.
WinMD (Windows Metadata) files generated and installed.
Various bug fixes.

Wine 10.15 Released

September 12, 2025

The Wine development release 10.15 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Unicode character tables updated to Unicode 17.0.0.
Zip64 support in Packaging services.
Various bug fixes.

Wine 10.14 Released

August 29, 2025

The Wine development release 10.14 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Bundled vkd3d upgraded to version 1.17.
Mono engine updated to version 10.2.0.
Support for ping on IPv6.
Gitlab CI now running on Debian Trixie.
Various bug fixes.

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