WineHQ Wviki AppDB Bugzilla Forums WINFHQ Search What is Wine? About Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" compatibility layer capable Learn about the Wine project running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS & BSD. Instead of simulating interna Windows logic like 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 Download integrate Windows applications into your desktop_ Install the latest Wine_ Latest Releases Application Database Does your application work with Wine? Stable: Wine 5.0.2 (shortlog) Development: Wine 5.17 (shortlog) Support Get help using Wine. Get Involved Improve and develop Wine_ Donate Donate t0 the Wine project 0