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 5.0.3 (shortlog)

Development:

Wine 6.0-rc5 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 6.0-rc5 Released

January 2, 2021

The Wine development release 6.0-rc5 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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

Wine 6.0-rc4 Released

December 26, 2020

The Wine development release 6.0-rc4 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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

Wine 6.0-rc3 Released

December 18, 2020

The Wine development release 6.0-rc3 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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