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.
September 20, 2024
The Wine development release 9.18 is now available.
What’s new in this release:
September 17, 2024
The Wine team is proud to announce that WineHQ has officially taken over hosting and maintenance of the Mono Project, previously hosted at https://github.com/mono/mono/. Its new home is on the WineHQ Gitlab, at https://gitlab.winehq.org/mono/mono.
Esme Povirk, who has been maintaining the Wine version of Mono for the last 12 years, is now the primary maintainer for the entire Mono project. You will find more details on Esme's blog post.
Please join us in welcoming the Mono developers to our community!
September 6, 2024
The Wine development release 9.17 is now available.
What’s new in this release:
